Regional Drought Resilience Planning

Summary and scope

Gwydir Shire and Inverell Shire Councils require an independent consultant to develop a Regional Drought Resilience Plan. Plans Will: • Increase understanding of the region’s current and future drought resilience; including consideration of the region’s unique economic, environmental and social characteristics. • Identify actions, pathways and opportunities to improve drought resilience, mitigate risks and adapt to change; including identifying and scoping additional detailed technical studies. • Placing communities in a stronger position to implement strategic actions and take advantage of opportunities as they arise. • Informing and supporting future Commonwealth, state and territory government, local government and private sector investment. • Enabling regions to identify and articulate drought resilience knowledge and data about the impact of drought on the region. • Leveraging and building upon on existing strategic planning at the state, local, regional and issue-specific planning. • Forming stronger connections and relationships between and within regions. • Supporting communities to consider the incremental, transitional and transformational opportunities needed to strengthen drought resilience and encourage innovative initiatives at the regional level. • Facilitating increased community understanding of their drought resilience including by encourage communities to share their learnings with each other. • Encouraging improved natural resource management capability through planning. Please refer to attached documentation for further details.