Elements and Performance Criteria
- Scope requirements
- Determine regional boundaries
- Regional boundaries are determined from economic, environmental and social factors that will produce a coherent plan.
- Economic, environmental and social factors that overlap the proposed regional boundaries are identified to develop a scope and weighting of the factors.
- Prior plans and reports are reviewed to verify the suitability of the proposed regional boundaries.
- Program requirements for the development of regional plans are met in the identification of regional boundaries.
- Identify regional resource management issues
- Regional natural resource issues are researched from prior documentation and from stakeholder views.
- Economic, industry, environmental and social factors are included in research to assess current and potential impacts of the natural resource management issues.
- The likely depth of research required is estimated to obtain sufficient information on issues for planning purposes.
- Scope stakeholders in regional resource management planning process
- Economic, industry, social and government activities are scoped to identify influential organisations, groups and people and their particular interests.
- Organisations and groups are approached to determine their interests, viewpoints on natural resource management issues, and willingness to participate in regional planning process.
- Nature of community involvement in planning process is identified from understanding of issues and community.
- Develop proposal for regional plan
- The objectives of the plan are reviewed after scoping to determine feasibility of proposed processes.
- Proposal for a new or revised plan is developed to obtain funding.
- Estimates are made of time to complete tasks including time for consultations and approvals, and including any discussion with Indigenous communities and groups.
- Costs associated with development of regional plan are identified from preliminary research.
- Proposal is prepared to address the requirements of program(s) and relevant legislation and agency policies and processes.
- Proposal for regional plan is submitted for approval and funding according to agency and program procedures.