Review of Caring For Our Country - Final report released

The final report on the review of the 'Caring For Our Country' initiative has been released. The review looked at the effectiveness of the program, achievements to date, and options for natural resource management delivery in the future.

The review included consultation with Australia's natural resource management stakeholders. Some of the key themes which emerged from these consultations include:

• The importance of alignment of national, regional and local NRM priorities, and roles of the levels of government and regional NRM organisations;


• Continued strong support for community skills, knowledge and engagement activities; and


• Improving efficiency of funding arrangements, and exploring potential to leverage funding from industry, private sector and philanthropy.

While the formal review process has now completed, you can still provide feedback and recommendations about how the Government can improve communication with the community in the future by emailing: thereview@nrm.gov.au. Future consultations will focus on the detail of the design, priorities and delivery mechanisms of the next phase of Caring for our Country.
 
Detailed information on the review and its findings are available from the Caring for our Country Library.