Let's work together for people and planet!
The South West NRM Region is recognised as a ‘Global Biodiversity Hotspot’; one of the most biologically rich, yet most threatened places on earth.
It’s home to 108 nationally-listed threatened species, edging ever closer to extinction.
Majestic forests and wild coastlines mean locals wouldn’t choose to live anywhere else except here in the South West of Western Australia. And visitors flock year after year.
But nature here is in trouble. Its future faces the triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.
South West NRM’s work in protecting and restoring this precious piece of earth for future generations is a collective effort that relies on strategic partnerships for long-term impact.
Government, businesses, philanthropists and others have been investing in our work for more than 20 years. There is still plenty more to do.
Why South West NRM?
Investing in our South West delivers a host of social, environmental and economic benefits for both those who live here and those who visit. We are well positioned to deliver this work because:
- We’re responsible for developing the overarching NRM plan for the region on behalf of the Australian Government. We know where investment will have the greatest strategic impact – from saving threatened species from extinction to supporting beef farmers to decarbonise.
- We have intimate knowledge of the region and over 20 years of experience working with local Landcare groups, Traditional Custodians, landholders, local businesses and the community.
- We work beyond the local to a regional landscape scale, delivering meaningful benefits that flow through to local communities helped by our locally-focused network of member organisations.
- We’re a team of technical experts with considerable experience in successfully managing landscape-scale programs and projects
- We’re supported by a skilled and experienced Board, effective governance frameworks and robust administrative systems
- We understand the complexities of global and national environmental markets for carbon and biodiversity, and how they can be harnessed for investment returns. We work with partners on carbon farming and natural capital accounting programs and have helped co-develop the Federal Government’s Nature Repair Market.
Investment supports the environmental sector which is experiencing drastic under-resourcing, at a time when climate action and ecological restoration have never been more important.
Program co-delivery
Have a program or project idea and need support with delivery? South West NRM’s team are highly skilled and here to help with:
- Concept development of high-impact programs of work to complement local, regional, state and national priorities
- Co-designing projects to meet specified outcomes
- Project management
- Stakeholder engagement and consultation
- Coordination of delivery teams, using our internal specialists and trusted suppliers
- Data collection, measurement of outcomes and impact reporting
Get in touch
Let’s chat about how we can work together to deliver solutions to environmental challenges.
