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The National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) tackles two major natural resource management (NRM) issues facing Australia's rural industries: regional communities, and our unique environment. Within this progam, the Australian and Queensland Governments are working with communities to find local solutions for local problems.
The NAP is being delivered principally through regional planning and investment strategies. The Australian and Queensland Governments signed a bilateral agreement for the NAP in March 2002. This agreement encourages governments and regional communities to work together to prevent, stabilise or reverse dryland salinity and to improve water quality in Queensland.
Queensland's implementation of the NAP has been a driving force for its regional NRM arrangements.
NAP priority regions exist within Burdekin, Fitzroy, Burnett Mary, South East Queensland Western Catchments, Condamine, Border Rivers, Maranoa Balonne and the South West.
The Australian Government's Natural Resource Management website has more information about how the NAP is delivered at the regional level.
The NAP is jointly funded, with the Australian and Queensland Governments contributing a total of $162 million over the seven year life of the project.
Key Queensland Government agencies working to implement NAP include the Department of Natural Resources and Water, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries and Department of Local Government and Planning.
The NAP includes Statewide Investment Programmes (SIPs) covering five key areas. They include:
Last reviewed 11 December 2007
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