Salinity Hazard for Catchment Action Plan (CAP) Updates: Hunter-Central Rivers CMA Area - July 2012

The thirteen NSW Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) are required to update their Catchment Action Plans (CAPs) in a process to be completed by early 2013. The CAPs are required to be "Whole of Government" in order to provide greater coherence between policies and plans as they develop strategic direction at regional levels. CAPs must align with or take into account common elements of agency activity, and require a high level of co-ordination. ;\r\nA cross agency team was employed in December 2011 to produce a salinity tool for CAP updates, as a Salinity Hazard for CAP Updates project. This project has been funded by Catchment Action NSW.;\r\nThe primary output of the Salinity Hazard for CAP Updates project is a broad scale salinity hazard spatial coverage and report for each CMA. The product referred to in this metadata statement is produced for the Hunter-Central Rivers CMA Catchment Management Authority (HCRCMA) for use in upgrading its Catchment Action Plan (CAP). The Hunter-Central Rivers CAP is a cabinet approved document which outlines the investment priorities and delivery targets for natural resource management (NRM) across the HCRCMA area. The HCRCMA is currently reviewing and upgrading the CAP which was developed in 2004-05.

澳大利亚新南威尔士州的13家流域管理局（Catchment Management Authorities, CMAs）需更新其流域行动计划（Catchment Action Plans, CAPs），相关工作须于2013年初前完成。流域行动计划需采用全政府模式（Whole of Government）制定，以在区域层面制定战略方向时，强化各项政策与规划间的协同一致性。流域行动计划必须契合或考量各机构活动的共性要素，同时需要开展高水平的跨机构协调工作。
2011年12月，项目组建跨机构专项工作组，为流域行动计划更新开发一款盐度工具，该项目全称为「流域行动计划更新盐度风险项目」（Salinity Hazard for CAP Updates Project），并由新南威尔士州流域行动（Catchment Action NSW）提供资助。
本项目的核心产出为面向各流域管理局的大范围盐度风险空间覆盖数据集与配套报告。本元数据说明文档中提及的成果，是为亨特-中央流域管理局（Hunter-Central Rivers CMA Catchment Management Authority, HCRCMA）开发的，用于其流域行动计划（CAP）的升级工作。亨特-中央流域行动计划是经内阁批准的官方文件，明确了亨特-中央流域管理局辖区内自然资源管理（Natural Resource Management, NRM）的投资优先级与交付目标。亨特-中央流域管理局目前正对2004至2005年编制的流域行动计划进行审查与升级。