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Protecting our natural resources

Collaborative action for healthy landscapes and seascapes, protected natural values, and sustainable livelihoods and lifestyles.

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We work to keep the natural and productive landscapes of south-eastern Tasmania healthy over the long term. We play a key role in building partnerships, securing and directing investment, connecting knowledge and expertise to action and increasing the capacity of others to engage in NRM activities.

Tasmania’s southern region covers 2.5 million hectares of land and is bounded by the Southern Ocean. It is recognised globally for its healthy, intact and diverse natural landscapes and productive land and seascapes. Our region’s wealth of natural resources underpins southern Tasmania’s identity as well as its economic, social, and environmental wellbeing.

Latest News & Updates

30 December, 2024 1 Min Read
A 2024 wrap-up from our CEO
Goodbye 2024, and Hello 2025! It’s been a big year, full of challenges, but the NRM South team has shown…
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13 December, 2024 1 Min Read
Rivers to Ramsar – NRM South’s new urban rivers project
NRM South is one of 57 projects across Australia to have been successful under Round 2 of the Australian Government’s…
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12 December, 2024 1 Min Read
Treetop explorations at Murrayfield
In early December, our Biodiversity Program team joined the South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation (SETAC) and Dejan Stojanovich from The…
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Upcoming Events

FRIDAY 14 and SATURDAY 15 MARCH

Resilient local food production for market and community gardeners – sustaining the good bugs

Calling market and community gardeners in southern Tasmania. Want to find out more about controlling insect pests in your garden by encouraging beneficial insects? Join NRM South’s Dr. Yolanda Hanusch and Integrated Pest Management experts Dr. Paul Horne and Rebecca Addison for a deep dive into Integrated Pest Management (IPM). This workshop will teach you about insect identification and lifecycles, sustainable pest control, and how to support our many beneficial insects, including native bees, hoverflies, wasps, and beetles.

We will be running workshops across three locations, workshops are free, but registration is essential. While these events are for community and market gardeners, if you’re a keen home gardener, get in touch with [email protected] to discuss potential availability.

Click here to register:

Gardners Bay, 14 Mar 9am-12.30pm South Hobart, 14 Mar 3-6pm Dodges Ferry 15 Mar 10am-2pm

Featured Projects

Climate Smart Farming Systems
Providing expert guidance to our agricultural community is essential for supporting sustainable land management and ensuring the long-term resilience of our agricultural sectors. Our four-year Climate Smart Farming Systems project is working with farmers across southern Tasmania to support the adoption of climate-smart, sustainable agriculture best-practice.
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Enhancing outcomes for Swan galaxias
Endemic to Tasmania, the endangered Swan galaxias only occurs in small, highly fragmented populations in eastern Tasmania. Under threat from invasive species such as trout and redfin perch, climate change and a small, fragmented population size, this project aims to address these threats through a series of initiatives that build upon an earlier NRM South led project completed in 2023.
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Image credit: Bruno Bell (used with permission)
Actions for Ammonite Snail
Endemic to Tasmania, the critically endangered Ammonite Snail is known from only a handful of locations in the Greater Hobart region. In order to conserve this species, more information is needed about its habitat, range and how it overlaps with similar species. This project is working to address knowledge gaps, develop species management guidelines and work with private landowners in and around Hobart to implement conservation actions for this species.
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