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Tropical Savannas CRC. Future Directions. Rationale. Production, cultural & biodiversity goals all rely on a sustainable human population base; keeping people on country. This in turn depends on sustainable livelihoods. Themes/Programs. Natural Resource Management
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Tropical Savannas CRC Future Directions
Rationale Production, cultural & biodiversity goals all rely on a sustainable human population base; keeping people on country. This in turn depends on sustainable livelihoods.
Themes/Programs • Natural Resource Management • Economic Futures and Livelihoods • Policy options • Building knowledge in savanna communities
Theme 1 Natural Resource Management: Basics • CRC is committed to research that supports sustainable economic growth of northern Australia • Pressure on resources will intensify with increasing $ value of land & resources • Planned maintenance of assets is vastly preferable to heroic rescue
Theme 1 Natural Resource Management • Focus on adaptive management • Evaluation of options, taking full set of values into account • Focus on assets and aspirations • Management of intensive resource uses • Delivery of improved extensive landscape management
NRM Challenges • Knowledge systems for north Australian development – optimising tradeoffs from intensification (Pastoral lands, Intensive agriculture, wildlife management) • Property and regional scales • Landscape design • Tools for extensive landscape management • Cost-benefit analysis of options
NRM Specifics • Development of tools and options • Fire ACB, Curing, On property management • Property Intensification, infrastructure, pasture improvement • Landscape design & planning • Tools for monitoring condition (RS, Indicators) • Cost benefit analysis of options
Theme 2 Livelihood Options • Options & Strategies for commercial and/or customary economic activities to complement orthodox uses of savanna resources • Tourism • carbon offsets, • land and biodiversity stewardship and maintenance of ecosystem services, • sustainable use of wildlife, • bio-security • Business development, governance, policy environment
Research Issues - Livelihoods • Valuing resources, services & activities • Governance & institutions – producing multiple benefits • Packaging full range of benefits & costs (people on country) • What works in enterprise development
Theme 3 Policy Options & Approaches • Analysis of investment strategies for regional natural resource management • Tools to improve regional NRM planning and engagement • Strategies for maximising the benefit from the limited available investment (State/Territory, NHT, NAP) • Maximise cross-portfolio outcomes
Theme 4 Building Capacity to cope with change • Build on strong communications platform (GLM, Fire, T&D, Biodiversity projects) • Mix of traditional and non-traditional education/knowledge building strategies
Existing partners to continue ANU LWA Other CRC’s (DK, Bushfires) ILC Mining & energy AQIS/NAQS Large Pastoral Companies Conservation NGO’s Regional NRM Bodies Prospective Partners
Partnership – what does it entail? • Identify areas of mutual interest, common goals, overlap of strategic objectives • Identify resources needed to advance these goals, what each party can bring to the table, opportunities for leverage • 7 Year commitment, but with some flexibility
Engaging Partners – some key relationships • Cattle industry, Corporate one on one consultations Oct- Nov • Mining & energy • MLA, LWA, ILC – Specific proposals (tied funding) • SME’s & community organisations
Core Partners cont’d • State & Territory Agencies – Theme workshops • Research providers – Universities & CSIRO – Theme workshops • Core partner meetings (mid November)
Basics of a Re-bid • Must demonstrate economic return on investment • Must have strong stakeholder support, end-user involvement and pathways to adoption • Must leverage resources (in-kind & cash) • Must have significant new elements; need to re-invent, but build on existing strengths
Timelines Assuming timelines as for previous rounds: • Notification of Intent – 31 January 2006 • First Stage Application, with partners signed off – 30 March 2006 • Second Stage Application, including completed review, impact analysis – 1 July 2006