using community values in catchment action planning lyndal hasselman cap project manager
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Using community values in catchment action planning
Lyndal Hasselman
CAP Project Manager
Catchment Action Plan upgrade
A plan for the natural resources of the catchment
Whole of government and whole of community action
Approved by the Minister and submitted to Cabinet
Social-ecological systems
humans in the landscape
we live here, we use things in the landscape for food, shelter and fibre - in doing this, we change the landscape
It’s a two way thing!
economic
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Social-ecological systems
economic
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Landscapes
Livelihoods
Lifestyles
VALUES IN THESE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
What is important to you about this place?
Should our plan for the future take into consideration
what is important to you?
Finding out what our communities value
Online survey with 204 responses
“What do you value about this landscape or place? Select three responses.”
What’s important to our communities
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Working with nature was more important in the tablelands
Country identity was more important in the rangelands
Family history was more important in the plains
Friends was more important in the rangelands and lower Lachlan floodplain
Presence of vegetation and presence of wildlife was more important in the tablelands
Business opportunities was more important in the rangelands
..... than in the other landscapes
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Water
Water
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Water
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W
Space
Space
Space
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Prodt’n
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Biodiversity was most appreciated in the tablelands
The river was most appreciated in the lower Lachlan floodplain
Space was most appreciated in the Lachlan rangelands
Production and soils was most appreciated in the mixed slopes
… compared to the other landscapes
The most appreciated single element in the plains was the river
So how are these values used?
Along with other results from the community consultation
Knowing what is important to the communities of the landscape will help up develop a plan that works towards ‘what is important’.
If working with the land is important, then the Catchment Action Plan should enable or support ‘working with the land’.
If the natural biodiversity of the area is important, then the Catchment Action Plan should work to maintain or improve the biodiversity of the catchment.
WHAT’S NEXT
Reviewers phase
Have we got it right?
Proposed priorities
Draft document for review
What are the levels of success?
How much is good?
Never underestimate the power of a few
committed people to change the world.
Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Meade