Integrating Natural Resource Management Into Local Government Operations

Download or read book Integrating Natural Resource Management Into Local Government Operations written by New South Wales Local Government and Shires Association and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Councils are important agents for delivering natural resource management (NRM) in NSW. They have many statutory responsibilities to do so, and in particular the Local Government Act Charter specifies that Councils must abide by Ecologically Sustainable Development principles. NRM is also a role which is often expected of a council by its community, and the challenge which local government shares with other NRM agencies is to maintain a natural landscape which sustains the activities of future generations." -- Vol. 1, p. 1.