goals and targets

• goals
• targets and responsibilities
  • demands for water use balanced and managed in all four river basins
  • healthy rivers and streams, lakes and wetlands
  • land managed sustainably to support agricultural and other production
  • infrastructure protected from flood and salinity risks and other disasters
  • healthy estuaries, coasts and marine systems
  • achieve a net gain in quantity and quality of native vegetation across the entire landscape
  • improved conservation status of all vegetation communities and native flora species
  • improved conservation status of all native fauna species
  • cohesive, innovative communities, that value and protect natural resources and participate in planning for the future

opportunities for partnership

• integration between NRM programs
• planning for sustainability at the local level
• coastal planning
• biodiversity planning
• developing sustainable practices
• innovation in the use and management of water
• engaging the whole region
• investing more in the community-government partnership

natural resource management arrangements in the region

• victorian government organisations
  • corangamite catchment management authority
  • department of sustainability and environment (DSE)
  • department of primary industries (DPI)
  • parks victoria
  • coastal boards
  • water authorities
  • environment protection authority (EPA)
  • aboriginal affairs victoria (AAV)
  • other state government organisations
• local government
• community and non-government organisations
  • indigenous communities
  • community interest groups

the investment framework and plan

• the framework
• assess efficiency and effectiveness of management options
• check for consistency and completeness at sub-regional level
• fit targets against costs
• make tradeoffs between supporting strategies
• the investment plan

monitoring, reporting and evaluation plan and framework

• the plan
• the framework
• victorian catchment indicators
• indicators of achievement against priority targets
• evaluating performance of the RCS
• resources for monitoring and evaluation