Objectives The objectives of Hunter Landcare Partnerships Program are: To support communities to manage landscapes to sustain long-term economic and social benefits from their environment. To facilitate community involvement in caring for their environment and protecting threatened species, ecological communities and natural assets. To support Landcare coordinators, networks and groups to increase and cultivate a diverse membership base with opportunities for youth and family engagement. To support land managers to improve management of the natural resource base. To strengthen community partnerships to facilitate adoption and innovation of NRM and sustainable agriculture. This program delivers on the following Hunter Local Strategic Plan regional priorities: Developing partnerships with a wide range of other service delivery organisations including industry groups and associations, local government, Landcare. Building the capacity of the community to engage in improving primary production and natural resource management and participate in decision making. responsive and accountable to a diverse range of customers, investors and stakeholders, including maintaining highly skilled and capable staff that are responsive to customers’ needs. Ensuring investment decision-making is transparent and objective. This program also delivers on the following Hunter Local Strategic Plan strategy and outcome: Strategy 4: Collaborate with Stakeholders Outcomes 4: By 2021, Hunter Land Services is working in effective partnerships with stakeholders with similar goals and priorities to add value to service delivery. Investors Hunter LLS is delivering National Landcare Programme (NLP) funding on behalf of the Australian Government. The NLP priorities that this program will deliver include: Maintain and improve ecosystem services through sustainable management of and regional landscapes. Increase the numbers of farmers and fishers adopting practices that improve the quality of the natural resource base, and the area of land over which those practices are applied. Increase engagement and participation of the community, including landcare, farmers and indigenous people in sustainable natural resource management. Increase restoration and rehabilitation of the natural environment, including protecting and conserving nationally and internationally significant species, ecosystems, ecological communities, places and values.
Objectives The objectives of Hunter Landcare Partnerships Program are: To support communities to manage landscapes to sustain long-term economic and social benefits from their environment. To facilitate community involvement in caring for their environment and protecting threatened species, ecological communities and natural assets. To support Landcare coordinators, networks and groups to increase and cultivate a diverse membership base with opportunities for youth and family engagement. To support land managers to improve management of the natural resource base. To strengthen community partnerships to facilitate adoption and innovation of NRM and sustainable agriculture. This program delivers on the following Hunter Local Strategic Plan regional priorities: Developing partnerships with a wide range of other service delivery organisations including industry groups and associations, local government, Landcare. Building the capacity of the community to engage in improving primary production and natural resource management and participate in decision making. responsive and accountable to a diverse range of customers, investors and stakeholders, including maintaining highly skilled and capable staff that are responsive to customers’ needs. Ensuring investment decision-making is transparent and objective. This program also delivers on the following Hunter Local Strategic Plan strategy and outcome: Strategy 4: Collaborate with Stakeholders Outcomes 4: By 2021, Hunter Land Services is working in effective partnerships with stakeholders with similar goals and priorities to add value to service delivery. Investors Hunter LLS is delivering National Landcare Programme (NLP) funding on behalf of the Australian Government. The NLP priorities that this program will deliver include: Maintain and improve ecosystem services through sustainable management of and regional landscapes. Increase the numbers of farmers and fishers adopting practices that improve the quality of the natural resource base, and the area of land over which those practices are applied. Increase engagement and participation of the community, including landcare, farmers and indigenous people in sustainable natural resource management. Increase restoration and rehabilitation of the natural environment, including protecting and conserving nationally and internationally significant species, ecosystems, ecological communities, places and values.
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