Department for Environment and Heritage

The Department for Environment and Heritage manages several programs aimed at an integrated and regional approach to the protection and conservation of native vegetation. These include the Regional Biodiversity Planning Program, NatureLinks, the State Revegetation Strategy, and the Revegetation Mapping Framework, which is a pilot GIS-based revegetation monitoring package that will map areas of revegetation and collect information associated with revegetation.

Phone: 08 8204 1910
Web:    http://www.environment.sa.gov.au

Department of Water, Land & Biodiversity Conservation (DWLBC)

DWLBC is the lead agency with responsibility for the Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Act 2002. This Act establishes the Native Vegetation Council, which has responsibility to oversee all issues concerned with native vegetation. The Council is required to monitor the overall condition of the State’s vegetation, to encourage the re-establishment of bush on over-cleared land, to encourage the protection of remnant areas of bushland under Heritage Agreements, and to oversee research into aspects of bushland management. It also determines applications to clear, and establishes conditions under which clearance may be carried out.

The Centre for Natural Resource Management (08 8303 9704) undertakes research-related roles. It facilitates and encourages collaboration among researchers and supports regional delivery of improved on-ground outcomes. The Centre identifies and negotiates supplementary funding sources for NRM research, from both the public and private sectors.

Phone: 08 8463 6800
Web:    http://www.dwlbc.sa.gov.au

Forestry SA

Forestry SA manages the State-owned forest resource. The role of its Forestry Development Section is to increase the forest resource through research and development and by providing advice and services to the private sector, including farm forestry.

Phone: 08 8724 2888
Email:  forestrysa@forestrysa.sa.gov.au
Web:    http://www.forestry.sa.gov.au

Environment Protection Authority (SA)

The Environment Protection Authority (SA) is South Australia’s primary environmental regulator, responsible for the protection of air and water quality, and the control of pollution, waste, noise and radiation.

Phone: 08 8204 2000
Web:    http://www.epa.sa.gov.au

Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) Boards

Community-based INRM groups have been established in eight regions covering the entire State. Each INRM group has developed a natural resource management plan that aims to achieve the most effective NRM results for its region. These plans and associated investment strategies can be accessed at http://www.nrm.sa.gov.au.

The NRM regions are:

• Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges 08 8391 7501;
• Alinytjara Wilurara (previously Aboriginal Lands) 08 8260 0271;
• Eyre Peninsula 08 8680 2653;
• Kangaroo Island 08 8553 3136;
• Northern and Yorke 08 8842 6253;
• SA Arid Lands 08 8648 5194;
• SA Murray-Darling Basin 08 8582 4477; and
• South East 08 8723 1057.

Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA)

Rural Solutions SA, the service provider arm for PIRSA and DWLBC, is actively involved in vegetation management through the Regional Revegetation program. This aims to ensure that revegetation is integrated within regional NRM plans. Services include general revegetation advice; customised consultancies; regional NRM planning; revegetation technical information; and revegetation group facilitation. A number of vegetation fact sheets can be downloaded from the website.

Phone: 1800 652 483
Email:  info@ruralsolutions.sa.gov.au
Web:    http://www.ruralsolutions.sa.gov.au