| Natural Resources in the Wet Tropics |
| Written by Michele Dale |
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The natural resources of a region include its land, water, air, soils and animals - our community's natural assets. However, these assets are more than a single element - they are the combinations that form ecosystems and landscapes essential to supporting farming and production activities, natural systems services, draw tourists and provide a retreat for those who live here. View our brochure
 "The Wet Tropics Natural Resource Region" 961.91 Kb.These resources have also been central to the spirituality, culture, social organisation and economy of Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. However, the Wet Tropics contains another valuable asset - its people. Harnessing the expertise, commitment and goodwill of the region's community to collectively manage the area's natural assets is a core role for Terrain NRM. Together, Terrain, the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and the local community produced a regional plan to manage natural resources in the Wet Tropics. This plan aims to develop activities, mechanisms and partnerships that will address natural resources issues of high priority in this region, such as water quality, sustainable land use and the revegetation of areas to restore and maintain biodiversity. Sustaining the Wet Tropics: Wet Tropics Regional NRM Plan 2004 - 2008
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