{ "culture": "en-AU", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "NRM Region boundaries and those NRM Region boundaries making up Regional Delivery Partner management units (previously described as National Landcare Program management units (NLPMU). Of these RDP management units those that overlap Remote Indigenous Procurement Policy (RIPP) areas by more than 50% are also identified as remote RDPs.", "description": "

The Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions dataset is maintained for the purpose of authoritative reporting on the Australian Government's NRM investments. The dataset is designed to cover all Australian territory where Australian Government funded NRM projects might take place and includes major islands, external territories, and state and coastal waters in addition to the NRM regional boundaries. Whilst the boundaries of NRM Regions are defined by legislation in some states and territories, this dataset should not be used to represent legal boundaries in any way. It is an administrative dataset developed for the purpose of reporting and public information. It should be noted that from time to time the states and/or territories may revise their regional boundaries in accordance with local needs and therefore alterations to either the attribution or boundaries of the data may occur in the future.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Current Version<\/SPAN><\/P>

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As part of Phase Two of the National Landcare Program (NLP) the Australian Government's natural resource management (NRM) investments will be delivered with Regional Delivery Partners (RDPs) across 56 management units. These replace the previous NLP management units used in NLP Phase One. They are officially referred to as Regional Delivery Partners for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Services 2022. The spatial data for RDP management units are derived from the NRM Regions spatial data, as described below.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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The 2022 dataset defines NRM Region boundaries and Regional Delivery Partner management units in a single dataset, thereby overcoming version control issues with the previous approach of publishing separate data layers for each.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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To handle a variety of required derivations, a fundamental set of 64 NRM Region map objects was first defined. This can then be compiled using various queries on non-spatial attributes. For example, as set out below, we can define 56 continental NRM Regions and 8 off-shore NRM regions, or island sub components of NRM regions located on the continent. Across these a total of 56 RDP management units can also be defined.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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To identify those NRM regions located on the Australian continent, a \"continental\" field (yes/no) has been included, for the first time, in the 2022 dataset. It allows differentiation between off-shore and continental regions, and accommodates that some NRM regions (ie one each in NSW and Tasmania) have both a continental part (eg North Coast, NSW) and an off-shore part (eg North Coast - Lord Howe Island).<\/SPAN><\/P>

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In accordance with the Australian Government\u2019s Remote Indigenous Procurement Policy (RIPP) and its application to NRM regional investment, we have identified 16 RDP management units with more than 50% overlap with RIPP areas, as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. A RIPP field (yes/no) is included in the attribute table. <\/SPAN><\/P>

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The data structure allows either NRM Regions, RDP management units and those RDPs overlapping RIPPs to be mapped from the single dataset using the NRM_REGION, RDP_NAME and RIPP fields respectively. NRM_ID, RDP_ID and RIPP fields may also be used.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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The 2022 version updates the previous version (2020). In total, the 2022 version dataset comprises 64 NRM map objects for 62 NRM regions. These comprise 56 mainland regions (of which two have associated islands as separate map objects), the Torres Strait NRM region, and a further five external territories. Four of these external territories are islands and one is classified as Marine NRM. <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Using the RDP_NAME or RDP_ID fields to map Regional Delivery Partner management units will result in 56 RDP management units<\/SPAN><\/P>

These comprise: 54 mainland RDP management units (two of which have island components); Torres Strait; and a \"Marine NRM\" management unit. The Marine NRM unit combines Australia's Territorial Sea (from 3 nautical miles to 12 nautical miles) and Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone (to 200 nautical miles) as well as Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Keeling Islands and Heard and McDonald Islands. It excludes coastal waters (to 3 nautical miles) which are part of the terrestrial RDP management units. It also excludes the Australian Antarctic Territory and Norfolk Island.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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The 2022 version was derived from the former NRM regions series (latest version was 2020), originally established in 2006 as the \"Natural Heritage Trust II (NHT2) Region Boundaries\" dataset. Changes to the 2020 version in creating the 2022 version include the following.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Natural Resource Management Regions<\/SPAN><\/P>

- 'Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges' NRM_Region split into 'Green Adelaide' and 'Hills ad Fleurieu'<\/SPAN><\/P>

- Added two new NRM_IDs (4011 for Green Adelaide and 4012 for Hills ad Fleurieu)<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Regional Delivery Partner management units<\/SPAN><\/P>

- Changed 'National Landcare Program Management Units' to 'Regional Delivery Partners for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Services' <\/SPAN><\/P>

- 'Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges' split into 'Green Adelaide' and 'Hills ad Fleurieu'<\/SPAN><\/P>

- Added two new RDP_IDs (4011 for Green Adelaide and 4012 for Hills ad Fleurieu)<\/SPAN><\/P>

- 'Torres Strait', 'Green Adelaide' and 'Marine NRM' added * to match note *management unit covered through other financial arrangements<\/SPAN><\/P>

- 'South West Queensland', 'Maranoa Balonne and Border Rivers' and 'Condamine' combined into 'Southern Queensland' with light grey dotted line to denote NRM borders.<\/SPAN><\/P>

- Added the following fields to differentiate RDPs from NRMs<\/SPAN><\/P>

- -RDP_ID<\/SPAN><\/P>

- -RDP_NAME<\/SPAN><\/P>

- -RDP_DESC (Previously AREA_DESC)<\/SPAN><\/P>

- -RIPP<\/SPAN><\/P>

- 'Torres Strait' and 'Green Adelaide' symbology changed to grey hatched filling. <\/SPAN><\/P>

- The management units are coloured based on their overlap with the remote Indigenous Procurement Policy area (RIPP).<\/SPAN><\/P>

- Remote management units are orange \u2013 to be incl. the management unit needed to have more than 50% overlap with the RIPP. <\/SPAN><\/P>

- Non-remote management units are green<\/SPAN><\/P>

- *Management units covered through other financial arrangements management units are grey with hatching<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Previous Versions<\/SPAN><\/P>

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The 2020 version NLP Management Units dataset contained 58 separate map objects. These comprised: 56 mainland Management Units; a separate object for Lord Howe Island (part of North Coast, NSW Management Unit); and a \"Marine NRM\" Management Unit which combined Australia's Territorial Sea (from 3 nautical miles to 12 nautical miles) and Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone (to 200 nautical miles). It excluded coastal waters (to 3 nautical miles) which are part of the terrestrial NLP Management Units. It also excluded Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos & Keeling Islands, Macquarie Island, Heard & MacDonald Islands and Norfolk Island, and those parts of Australia's Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone that surround these locations.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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The 2020 version was derived from the former NRM regions series, originally established in 2006 as the \"Natural Heritage Trust II (NHT2) Region Boundaries\" dataset. The 2017 version, from which the 2020 version was developed, was itself an update to 2016 v2 in which changes were made to boundaries of six of Western Australia\u2019s seven NRM regions, and region names in Qld, Tas and WA. <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Attributes<\/SPAN><\/P>

The principle data fields in the 2022 version dataset are:<\/SPAN><\/P>

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-STATE <\/SPAN><\/P>

-NRM_REGION<\/SPAN><\/P>

-NRM_ID<\/SPAN><\/P>

-NRM_DESC (Previously AREA_DESC)<\/SPAN><\/P>

-RDP_ID<\/SPAN><\/P>

-RDP_NAME<\/SPAN><\/P>

-RDP_DESC (Previously AREA_DESC)<\/SPAN><\/P>

-RIPP<\/SPAN><\/P>

-CONTINENTAL<\/SPAN><\/P>

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NRM_ID and NRM_REGION Names grouped by state/territory are as follows:<\/SPAN><\/P>

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New South Wales (11 regions + 1 extra map object for Lord Howe Island)<\/SPAN><\/P>

1010 Central Tablelands<\/SPAN><\/P>

1020 Central West<\/SPAN><\/P>

1030 Greater Sydney<\/SPAN><\/P>

1040 Hunter<\/SPAN><\/P>

1050 Murray<\/SPAN><\/P>

1060 North Coast<\/SPAN><\/P>

1061 North Coast - Lord Howe Island<\/SPAN><\/P>

1070 North West NSW<\/SPAN><\/P>

1080 Northern Tablelands<\/SPAN><\/P>

1090 Riverina<\/SPAN><\/P>

1100 South East NSW<\/SPAN><\/P>

1110 Western<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Victoria (10 regions)<\/SPAN><\/P>

2010 Corangamite<\/SPAN><\/P>

2020 East Gippsland<\/SPAN><\/P>

2030 Glenelg Hopkins<\/SPAN><\/P>

2040 Goulburn Broken<\/SPAN><\/P>

2050 Mallee<\/SPAN><\/P>

2060 North Central<\/SPAN><\/P>

2070 North East<\/SPAN><\/P>

2080 Port Phillip and Western Port<\/SPAN><\/P>

2090 West Gippsland<\/SPAN><\/P>

2100 Wimmera<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Queensland (15 regions) <\/SPAN><\/P>

3010 Burnett Mary<\/SPAN><\/P>

3020 Cape York<\/SPAN><\/P>

3030 Condamine<\/SPAN><\/P>

3040 Co-operative Management Area<\/SPAN><\/P>

3050 Desert Channels<\/SPAN><\/P>

3060 Fitzroy<\/SPAN><\/P>

3070 Burdekin<\/SPAN><\/P>

3080 Northern Gulf<\/SPAN><\/P>

3090 Maranoa Balonne and Border Rivers<\/SPAN><\/P>

3100 Mackay Whitsunday<\/SPAN><\/P>

3110 South East Queensland<\/SPAN><\/P>

3120 South West Queensland<\/SPAN><\/P>

3130 Southern Gulf<\/SPAN><\/P>

3140 Wet Tropics<\/SPAN><\/P>

3150 Torres Strait<\/SPAN><\/P>

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South Australia (9 regions) <\/SPAN><\/P>

4011 Green Adelaide<\/SPAN><\/P>

4012 Hills and Fleurieu<\/SPAN><\/P>

4020 Alinytjara Wilurara<\/SPAN><\/P>

4030 Eyre Peninsula<\/SPAN><\/P>

4040 Kangaroo Island<\/SPAN><\/P>

4050 Northern and Yorke<\/SPAN><\/P>

4060 South Australian Arid Lands<\/SPAN><\/P>

4070 South Australian Murray Darling Basin<\/SPAN><\/P>

4080 Limestone Coast<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Western Australia (7 regions)<\/SPAN><\/P>

5010 Northern Agricultural Region<\/SPAN><\/P>

5020 Peel-Harvey Region<\/SPAN><\/P>

5030 Swan Region<\/SPAN><\/P>

5040 Rangelands Region<\/SPAN><\/P>

5050 South Coast Region<\/SPAN><\/P>

5060 South West Region<\/SPAN><\/P>

5070 Avon River Basin<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Tasmania (3 regions + 1 extra map object for Macquarie Island)<\/SPAN><\/P>

6010 North West NRM Region<\/SPAN><\/P>

6020 North NRM Region<\/SPAN><\/P>

6030 South NRM Region<\/SPAN><\/P>

6031 South NRM Region - Macquarie Islands<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Northern Territory (1 region)<\/SPAN><\/P>

7010 Northern Territory<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Australian Capital Territory (1 region)<\/SPAN><\/P>

8010 ACT<\/SPAN><\/P>

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External Territories (5 regions) <\/SPAN><\/P>

9010 Ashmore and Cartier Islands<\/SPAN><\/P>

9020 Christmas Island<\/SPAN><\/P>

9030 Cocos Keeling Islands<\/SPAN><\/P>

9040 Heard and McDonald Islands<\/SPAN><\/P>

9060 Marine NRM<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "NRM Region boundaries and those NRM Region boundaries making up Regional Delivery Partner management units (previously described as National Landcare Program management units (NLPMU). Of these RDP management units those that overlap Remote Indigenous Procurement Policy (RIPP) areas by more than 50% are also identified as remote RDPs.", "title": "Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions (2023)", "tags": [ "BOUNDARIES Administrative_Conservation", "BOUNDARIES Administrative_Management Natural Resource Management units (NRM) Regional Delivery Partner (RDP) management units", "Remote Indigenous Procurement Policy areas (RIPP)" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 150000000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "The NRM region boundaries (2006 base layer) are primarily based on data and information supplied by the relevant state and territory government agencies. Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries (2014) and Geodata Coast 100K (2004) data were also used in the development of this dataset. Local Land Service region boundaries were sourced from the NSW Government.", "licenseInfo": "" }