NRM Networking Partnerships Conference - Program

8.45am Welcome to Country
8.50am Welcome and introduction to NRM Networking Partnerships
David Walker, Chair, Landcare NSW
Toni McLeish, Coordinator, Conservation Management Network

9.00am Background to Conservation Management Network
Kevin Thiele

9.10am NSW CMN partnership stories
Land Managers & CMN - land manager member
Local Government & CMNs - Cooma-Monaro local government
Researchers & CMNs - E. Lindsay, researcher
CMN & Landcare groups - Taylor’s Creek Landcare group
CMA & CMN - Lachlan CMA

11.00am National and State initiatives
DEC (Victoria) & CMNs - Trish Fox
DECC & CMNs - GER DECC
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Caring for our Country NRM priorities
Stewardship program

1.30pm Background to the community-based landcare movement
John Dalton, former NSW State Landcare Coordinator

1.40pm Landcare partnership stories
Land managers & landcare
Local Government & landcare
School landcare & educational partnerships – Lee Andresen, Richmond Landcare Inc.
Researchers & landcare
Landcare & CMNs
CMA & landcare

3:30pm “Connectivity in Natural Resource Management”
EE (Ted) Rowley

9.00am “Community Groups: a Keystone Species in NRM?”
Why Communication Matters
Brett de Hoedt, Mayor of Hootville Communications

10.00am Panel discussion
“Logos, branding and identity for community environmental networks.”
Chair:
Brett de Hoedt, Mayor of Hootville Communications
Panel:
Sacha Dench, National Director Public Relations, Landcare Australia Ltd
Ross Colliver, Murdoch University
Rod Shaw, General Manager, Landcare and Sustainable Practices,
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

11.30am “NRM Partnerships for biodiversity linkages”
Facilitator:
Ross Colliver, Murdoch University

2:30pm Social reporting: NRM Monitoring Evaluation Reporting & Improvement Framework (MERI) Workshop facilitator:
Jo Roberts, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts