National Action Plan for water quality and salinity
The National Action Plan (NAP) has funding of $1.4bn over seven years to 2007-08 to develop regional solutions to salinity and water quality problems. Under the program, 21 priority regions have been developed. Action plans are being developed for these regions.
The NAP regions do not necessarily match with the NHT regions, so councils are encouraged to look up which regions they fit into for both programs. However, NAP and NHT funding are jointly delivered at the regional level under a single regional plan and one investment strategy which covers both programs. Also, monitoring and evaluation processes, communications strategies, capacity building strategies and the development of market-based instruments and environment management systems will be aligned for the two programs.
Projects that have been funded to date have allowed communities to protect native vegetation through fencing, covenants, weed control and replanting.
Councils can only access funding for such activities by becoming involved in their regional NRM body. Activities need to be addressed in regional plans and highlighted as a priority in the regional investment strategy. To find out more information contact the NRM facilitators in your region.
