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Biodiversity Assessment - Avon Wheatbelt

Opportunities

Table: The contribution of integrated Natural Resource Management to the protection of biodiversity in each subregion: feasible opportunities and comments.
Opportunities Comments
Avon Wheatbelt 1 (AW1)
Capacity building with stakeholders (specify) The most important opportunity here is the need to re-define capacity building, and to more clearly state goals, objectives and strategies.
Incentives Potential changes in the taxation laws for philanthropy exist.
Institutional reform Improving the current institutions and ensuring that they are staffed at a sufficient level and with appropriate people.
  Reverse the current trend of increasing duplication of service delivery in the NRM area.
Legislation including duty of care for leasehold etc Proposed re-writing of the Wildlife Conservation Act is a key opportunity for change.
Other planning opportunities A key opportunity is to proceed implement plans and monitor their value in a more strictly ?adaptive management? style than has been the practice to date.
Threat abatement planning The environmental management system being developed by CALM
Avon Wheatbelt 2 (AW2)
Incentives Potential changes in the taxation laws for philanthropy exist.
Institutional reform opportunities for progress lie in improving the current institutions and ensuring that they are staffed at a sufficient level and with appropriate people.
Legislation including duty of care for leasehold etc More effective legislation and regulation in relation to land clearing and drainage would assist to combat some existing threats.
  Proposed re-writing of the Wildlife Conservation Act is a key opportunity for change.
Threat abatement planning The environmental management system being developed by CALM for the sub-regions should, for these areas, provide a greatly improved platform for threat abatement planning.

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