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.

新南威尔士州（New South Wales, NSW）下辖的13个流域管理局（Catchment Management Authorities, CMAs）须按规定更新其流域行动计划（Catchment Action Plans, CAPs），相关流程须于2013年初前完成。流域行动计划须遵循“全政府一体化”原则，以在区域层面制定战略方向时，强化各项政策与规划之间的协同一致性。流域行动计划必须契合或纳入各机构活动的共性要素，且需要高水平的跨机构协调。
2011年12月组建了跨机构工作组，以开展“面向流域行动计划更新的盐度危害”（Salinity Hazard for CAP Updates）项目，为流域行动计划更新开发盐度分析工具。本项目由新南威尔士州流域行动（Catchment Action NSW）资助。
“面向流域行动计划更新的盐度危害”项目的核心产出，是为每个流域管理局提供大范围的盐度危害空间覆盖数据及对应报告。本元数据说明中提及的成果，正是为亨特-中部流域管理局（Hunter-Central Rivers CMA Catchment Management Authority, HCRCMA）开发的，用于其流域行动计划（Catchment Action Plan, CAP）的升级工作。亨特-中部流域行动计划是经内阁批准的官方文件，明确了该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-中部流域管理局目前正在对2004至2005年制定的流域行动计划进行修订与升级。