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

  • 31 March, 2025 1 Min Read

    Boosting the good bugs

    Across two days in March 2025, Dr Yolanda Hanusch – Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator and Senior Project Officer from our Land…
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  • 11 March, 2025 1 Min Read

    Baseline surveys for Bruny

    Our Biodiversity team has been out on Bruny Island carrying out baseline flora and fauna surveys on Murrayfield, in the…
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  • 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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Upcoming Events

THURSDAY 10 APRIL 2025

Soils Skills for Tasmania

Tasmania’s rich diversity of soils is one of our most valuable natural assets, underpinning the strength of our agricultural industry and natural environments. Their foundational role in enabling our industry and environment to thrive in the future means we need to be well-equipped with the skills and knowledge to manage them well – but how will we get there, together?
Join us in Richmond on 10 April from 9am – 12.30pm for a workshop that focuses on crafting solutions to make a bright future for building skills and capability in managing our soils. Light refreshments and lunch will be provided.

For those in the north, there will also be workshops in Longford on April 11 and in Burnie on April 29.
Contact Belinda Nielsen: bnielsen@nrmsouth.org.au/0449 039 847 for more information.

Richmond Workshop

1-3 MAY 2025

AgFest

Once again. Tasmania’s three NRM organisations will be in attendance at AgFest. This multi-award-winning agricultural field day is organised by volunteer members of Rural Youth Tasmania and is a great opportunity to find out all the buzz in the agricultural space! Tickets on sale now.

AgFest website

Featured Projects

  • Rivers to Ramsar

    Our Rivers to Ramsar project is restoring and rehabilitating riparian zones across public and private land along three waterways feeding into Pitt Water-Orielton Lagoon, a Ramsar-listed wetland located near a rapidly growing urban centre. The project aims to enhance critical wetland habitats for threatened migratory birds, reconnect important habitat corridors, and reduce nutrient and sediment runoff. This project is funded by the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust under the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program.

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  • 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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  • Biodiverse Bruny

    This five-year project is working to safeguard Bruny Island’s biodiversity through the protection of the island’s threatened species and ecological communities. Through focused efforts across 4,000 ha of Aboriginal owned and managed land and addressing biodiversity hotspots island-wide, project actions will improve the trajectory of key species and ecosystems. Aligned with the priorities outlined in the Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032, our approach integrates Aboriginal knowledge and leadership, scientific expertise, and community involvement, forging sustainable pathways for biodiversity conservation. This initiative signifies a commitment to safeguarding Bruny Island’s natural heritage for generations to come.

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