Elements and Performance Criteria
- Participate in panels and group discussion on the planning process
- Submit natural resource management issues, economic and social factors, and potential solutions or directions to groups for discussion
- Ensure contributions are positive to assist group to develop course of action and recommendations
- Structure contributions to discussions and panels and groups to comply with legislative, program and agency requirements
- Collect data and background information
- Contribute to the plan
- Highlight local natural resource management issues to the planning team for inclusion in planning considerations
- Explore relationship between local and wider issues to submit views on natural resource management priorities and solutions
- Review draft plans in terms of impact on the local and wider region to identify deficiencies and propose solutions
- Ensure participation in community consultation assists the regional planner to obtain feedback on the draft plan
- Base proposals for improvement to draft plans on natural resource management within relevant contexts