South West NRM is not just one environmental organisation working in isolation.
We are also an Association of 11 non-profit groups spread right across the region, working collaboratively with a common purpose of delivering positive outcomes for natural assets.
Last week, representatives from all of the member groups gathered online and in Margaret River for the Association AGM.
South West NRM’s 2023/24 Annual Report was tabled, highlighting the following achievements over the past financial year…
Highlights
- Appointed by the Australian Government as a Regional Delivery Partner under new five-year agreement.
- Received two grants totalling $726,000 under the Australian Government’s Saving Native Species program for projects to benefit threatened species in Wellington National Park and future resilience of the critically-endangered white-bellied frog.
- Nearly 40,000 trees were planted through grants from US-based non-profit One Tree Planted.
- Prepared an Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan that considered nature for our region, on behalf of the Australian Government, with the aim of mitigating the devastating impact of natural disasters on natural assets like wildlife.
- Completed delivery of pilot projects in our region under an Australian Government program designed to reward and encourage landholders for investing in nature on their properties.
- Revealed clear benefits of a sustainable approach to growing pasture through a year-long project called The Pasture Challenge.
- Worked with communities on building resilience to drought ahead of a predicted increase in drought events and the recognised heavy associated socio-economic impacts of a drying climate.
View a full copy of the 2023/24 Annual Report here or via the button below.
