The Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA increased its partnerships in 2006/07 with a range of partners to invest a total of $641,000 in 4 soil and land projects project managed by other organisations under contract to the CMA.
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Project Partner and aim
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Funding 06/07
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Locations
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Implementing Best Practice Sustainable Grazing management (DPI)
To provide training and incentives to landholders to improve sustainable land management on their properties
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Year 1
$234,500
Year 2
$222,750
(NLP funds)
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Catchment-wide
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| Soil & Water Management Training (Local Government)
To increase council officer's skills in soil, land and water management in urban development
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$70,000
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Catchment Wide
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| Drought Management for Ecosystem Protection (DPI)
To protect groundcover in marginal seasons by providing training and incentive funds to landholders
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$127,000
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Southern Tablelands and Highlands |
| Sustainable Agriculture Management in Mangrove Mountain & surrounds
To increase the sustainability of agriculture production and the uptake of sound NRM management in Mangrove Mountain and surrounding district
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Year 1
$209,500
Year 2
$209,500
(NLP funds)
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Mangrove Mountains Subcatchment |
Soil & Land partnerships -- Looking ahead
In 2007/08, the Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA will fund a new project "Property management planning workshops" run by Tocal Agricultural College for landholders across the catchment to the value of $73,140.
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