MURRUMBIDGEE CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Presentation to UNESCO HELP Meeting 4 March 2005

MURRUMBIDGEE CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Presentation to

UNESCO HELP Meeting

4 March 2005

Lee O’Brien - Chairperson Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority



MEMBERSHIP

Mr Lee O’Brien Chair MCMA

Mr Michael Schultz Former MCMB member, Native Vegetation Advisory Council

Mr Dick Thompson Former MCMB member, Chair Murrumbidgee Irrigation

Ms Claudia Nye Former MCMB and Murrumbidgee Unregulated Stream Committee Member and Yarralumla Shire Councillor

Ms Flo Grant Former Member of Murrumbidgee Unregulated Stream Committee, Wiradjuri Elder


CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT EVOLUTION

Membership Focus

CatchmentManagementCommittees

1991-1999

22 members representingvarious interest groupsincluding landholder/landuser,environmental, LocalGovernment & StateGovernment

Advisory body – advisingGovernment of natural resourceissues and incentiverecommendations.

CatchmentManagementBoard

2000 -2003

17 members representingvarious interests includingprimary producers, naturalresource users, StateGovernment, Indigenous,nature conservation and LocalGovernment.

Advisory body - Provideadvice to the Minister onstrategic natural resourcemanagement – development ofthe Catchment Blueprintthrough communityconsultation/engagement.

CatchmentManagementAuthority

2004onwards

5 - 7 members (selected on askills basis)

Implementing CatchmentAction Plans includingmanagement of incentiveprograms. Holds decision-making responsibilities.



CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES

NSW GOVERNMENT

Minister for Natural Resources

Minister for Infrastructure and Planning

Catchment Management Authority relationship with NSW Government and the Community

Natural ResourcesAdvisory Council

Natural Resources Commission

CMA FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS Program Development - using catchment action plans to develop priority programs, liaison with stakeholders Contract Management - implementation of priority programs, managing contracts/tenders, evaluation and monitoring Community Programs - rolling out incentives and investments, & brokering co-investment with the community Administration - executive support, financial management, statutory reporting, SLA management Community Education - education, public relations, mediaProperty Vegetation Inventive Programs - property vegetation and property management plans, management contracts

Service Level Agreements, MOUs, Statements of Joint Intent, Contracts….

DIPNR and other Agencies

Chairperson and Board Members

General Manager

Community/ Landcare

EnvironmentalLocal

Government

ON-GROUND ACTION

GovernmentAgencies

Indigenous Community

IndustryR&D

Corporations and Universities

DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS


• Murrumbidgee CMA Investment budget 2004/2007 - $ 60.7 M for on-ground works

• Audited by Natural Resources Commission (NRC)

• CMA will broker co-investment in natural resource management in the catchment

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES


KEY CMA FUNCTIONS

1. PLANNING

• Development of a Catchment Action Plan which will incorporate existing NRM plans.

• Manage community involvement in preparation of water sharing and groundwater plans

• Annual Implementation Plan


KEY CMA FUNCTIONS

2. INVESTMENT

– Implementation of Catchment Action Plan.– Development of investment strategies. – Management of NAP and NHT2 investment.– Seek co-investment from all sectors.– Native Vegetation Management Fund.– Soil Conservation Section 10 programs.– Delivery of incentives through PVP’s and other

mechanisms.


KEY CMA FUNCTIONS

3. PVPS/CONSENT

– Certify PVP’s for establishing continuing use and delivery of incentive programs.

– Assessment of all vegetation consents under the Native Vegetation Conservation Act including PVP’s for land clearing (Stage2).


4. ON GROUND WORKS

• River rehabilitation and water quality programs

• Soil conservation ( Section 10) and soil health programs

• Salinity and Biodiversity programs

• Land and Water Management Plans

• Monitoring, evaluating and reporting outcomes

KEY CMA FUNCTIONS


KEY CMA FUNCTIONS5. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION &

SUPPORT– Ensure that the community is engaged in the development of the

Catchment Action Plan and Investment Strategies

– Provision of advice and support to Landcare and the community

– Consultation with and engagement of the traditional Indigenous community in natural resource management

– Provision of community education on NRM

– Technical advice on vegetation

– Stakeholder liaison and maintaining advocacy in the community

– Broker community participation in the National Water Initiative, Water for Rivers and Living Murray processes.


CMAS WILL NOT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR

• Water Sharing Plans Approvals

• Regional Strategies, Regional and Local Environmental Plans, Rural Floodplain Management Plans.

• CMA’s will not have a role in Consents under:

• Water Management Act 2000,

• Rivers and Foreshores Act,

• Environmental Planning Act, Western Lands Act,

• Crown Lands Act,

• Plantations and Reafforestation Act,

• Western Lands Act.

• Major cross catchment or cross State works such as MDBC projects.


DRAFT MURRUMBIDGEE CATCHMENT INVESTMENT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

FRAMEWORK

WATER

QUALITYSALINITY

SOIL

HEALTH

BIO-

DIVERSITY

COMMUNITY

BUILDING

MURRUMBIDGEE

CATCHMENT

BLUEPRINT

TARGETS

SUSTAINABLELANDSCAPES

SOCIALCOMMUNITY

CAPACITY BUILDING

NATURALECOSYSTEM

S


THE CHALLENGE

• Avoid the confetti approach to NRM projects.

• Integration and co-ordination of NRM programs.

• Maximise the ability to achieve synergies between target areas.


CMA WATER RESPONSIBILITES

• Setting strategic direction for water management through the Catchment Action Plan.

• Coordinate the development of an environmental water plan for each respective catchment (consistent with asset watering plans).

• Review environmental aspects of Water Management Plans.

• Coordinate community consultation for Water Management Planning and stakeholder

involvement generally.


CMA WATER RESPONSIBILITES

• Establish environmental water trust funds for the purpose of managing water for the

environment.

• Manage adaptive environmental water entitlement.

• Develop with stakeholders, water recovery and innovation projects under the Living Murray,

Water for Rivers & National Water Initiatives.

• Develop projects on innovative ways to recover and use environment water

• Develop and manage a Regional Environmental Water Trust.


Environmental Water Trust

• Responsibilities of the Water Trust:– Direct the use for environmental purposes of water held by

the Trust.– Annual trade of water held by the Trust where appropriate.– Purchasing and holding water access rights for use on

behalf of the Trust.– Managing the financial resources raised in respect of the

Trust’s functions.– The Trust would NOT be responsible for managing water

allocations, river operations or establishing environmental flow needs.


Presentation to UNESCO HELP Meeting4 March 2005

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