Happy IUCN international day of women & girls in science! Regional NRM organisations across the country employ heaps of highly qualified and skilled women in science roles to deliver programs that protect, restore and support our landscapes and rural industries and communities.

Welcome Bek Christensen, our new Knowledge Broker! Bek’s a skilled facilitator and science communicator and joins Sarah Hoyal, our Nature Based Solutions Lead on the Nature-led Resilience project, using nature-based solutions to reduce disaster risk. #NRM #naturebasedsolutions

Join NRM Regions Australia and CMI at 11am AEDT Friday 14 February as we launch our co-authored report 'Carbon for Nature- leveraging carbon investment to deliver additional benefits for nature'. To register & receive event updates:

Suffering post-holiday fatigue? Looking for a YouTube fix to pep you up? Well stop the search for new cat videos, and check out the NRM Regions Australia YouTube channel; there is something for everyone interested or involved in NRM. Check them out today

Lock it in – the 9th NRM Knowledge Conference - theme 'Changing Landscapes and New Horizons' - will be held at Cairns Convention Centre from 8-12 September! See for updates. We look forward to seeing you there! #NRM #NRMsector

The NRM Regions Australia team is back at work and we wish you a Happy New Year! Whether you are still on holidays or not, our most recent regional NRM snapshot features a number of watery tales of NRM success that will keep the holiday mood! Read it here:

Thank you to our members & partners for their essential work ̶ both this year, and every day, to support healthy & vibrant landscapes and communities. We look forward to continuing our work together in 2025 to achieve everyone’s Xmas wish – a healthy & productive environment!

We're wrapping up the year with our last Snapshot of featured projects regional NRM organisations are delivering across Australia. Reducing whale entanglements, feral cat winter blitz and the Prograze wrap-up. Read these stories and more:

Understanding what information and support landholders need to make decisions on environmental markets will be key to participation. @DCCEEW has funded our Environmental Markets Participation Initiative (EMPI) project to inform this. Learn more:

From calculating total grazing pressure in the WA southern rangelands, eDNA to track platypus populations in Melbourne's creeks & rivers to capturing Torres Strait traditional language & ecological knowledge our October snapshot features these and more:

Your weekend watching sorted - the recording of our recent Biosecurity Hub webinar - Dingoes as a landscape process - is now available! Thank you to our presenters. NRM RA's YouTube Biosecurity playlist:

This month we were ‘In the Tent’ with @ClimateWorks and @Deakin learning about the world-leading LUTO2 spatial model, which can inform planning to optimise land use for ag, biodiversity and climate.   The webinar with Brett Bryan & Jo Sanson is here:

Happy World Soil Day! From burying undies to test for microbes, preventing sediment entering the Great Barrier Reef, or maintaining groundcover, NRMers are getting their hands dirty to protect what’s beneath our feet. Read more

We held a parliamentary breakfast on the needs and achievements of the NRM sector with MPs, industry groups, conservation organisations, researchers and others last week. Thanks @tanya_plibersek, @nitagreenqld @DuniamJonathon and the other MPs& senators for the discussion.

Watch our latest ‘In the tent’ webinar; Nicole Yazbek-Martin (Australian Sustainable Finance Institute) presenting the financial taxonomy that defines sustainable economic activities to assist investors to support Australia’s sustainability. NRMRA playlist

Over 30 regional NRM Chairs met in Canberra on Tuesday to kick off day one of their annual forum. Thanks to all of the speakers that participated in the discussions as we continue to work together to support regional NRM organisations to build resilient and productive landscapes.

From impounding pigs, fish homes and highways, to better understanding the bonds between Aboriginal communities and Country, the September NRM snapshot covers an inspiring range of stories from regional NRM organisations across Australia. #NRM Click here:

Regional NRM organisations are being showcased on the world stage at Climate COP 29 underway in Baku, Azerbaijan this week. See the three videos here: #NRM #ClimateAction #ClimateChange

Our 23/24 Annual Report is out now! Explore national events and initiatives we are leading and participating in to support regional NRM organisations. Meet our Board and team. #NRM #NRMsector

Environmental Markets Participation Initiative (EMPI) Project Lead Mat Hardy has welcomed the project advisory committee at their first meeting in Canberra last week. EMPI will explore and trial ways to improve extension and outreach for landholders in environmental markets. #NRM