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Environmental Defenders Office SA 2005 Seminar Rob Freeman Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation 7 July 2005. Where to from here? Caution Not a government position. NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 exhibits strengths and weaknesses of former legislation
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Environmental Defenders Office SA 2005 Seminar Rob Freeman Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation 7 July 2005
Where to from here? Caution Not a government position
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 • exhibits strengths and weaknesses of former legislation • Inefficiencies and poor foundation • STEP 1 • Review • retaining current scope • finessing • robustification
The Conundrum Focus v Comprehensive
A Tool Box Approach • Broad Potential Application • Covers full state • Provides mechanisms for statewide consistency • Regional and district ownership and variation
STEP 2 • Broaden to cover other NRM /Environmental issues • native vegetation/biodiversity • public lands • coastal/marine • pastoral lands • Climate changes – community involvement
Environmental Economic Social Your view of the world? Environmental Social or Economic
STEP 3 • Broaden to cover the triple-bottom line • Economic (more logical) • Social (?)
STEP 4 • Are we looking at the emergence of Regional Government?