Salinity Hazard for Catchment Action Plan (CAP) Updates: Murrumbidgee CMA - May 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 Murrumbidgee CMA for use in upgrading its Catchment Action Plan (CAP). The Murrumbidgee CAP is a cabinet approved document which outlines the investment priorities and delivery targets for natural resource management (NRM) across the Murrumbidgee CMA area. The Murrumbidgee CMA is currently reviewing and upgrading the CAP which was developed in 2004-05.

新南威尔士州（New South Wales）下辖的13个流域管理局（Catchment Management Authorities, CMAs）需按要求更新其流域行动计划（Catchment Action Plans, CAPs），相关更新流程需于2013年初前完成。流域行动计划需遵循“全政府统筹”原则，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。流域行动计划必须与各机构活动的通用要素保持一致或予以充分考量，且需开展高水平的跨部门协调。
2011年12月，项目组组建了跨机构专项工作组，针对流域行动计划更新开发一款盐分评估工具。该项目全称为“流域行动计划更新盐分危害评估”（Salinity Hazard for CAP Updates），由Catchment Action NSW资助。
“流域行动计划更新盐分危害评估”项目的核心产出为面向各流域管理局的大范围盐分危害空间覆盖数据与配套评估报告。本元数据说明中提及的成果，正是为墨累-本迪戈流域管理局（Murrumbidgee CMA）升级其流域行动计划所制作的专项产品。墨累-本迪戈流域行动计划是一份经内阁批准的官方文件，明确了墨累-本迪戈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。目前，墨累-本迪戈流域管理局正在对2004至2005年间制定的原流域行动计划进行审核与升级。