Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management
(BDTNRM) is working with the community, in a planned way, to
address natural resource management issues across the
Burdekin Dry Tropics Region and beyond.
All
members of the community are valued resource managers. The
community includes traditional owners, landholders, community
groups, not for profit organizations, schools, local government,
industry, business and the general public.
BDTNRM
informs, consults, involves, collaborates with and empowers the
community through a range of activities that bring people together.
These activities raise awareness and knowledge, increase the
participation of the community in natural resource management
activities and increase the participation of the communtiy in
natural resource management decision making processes.
BDTNRM
undertakes capacity building activities that help people to better
understand and manage their changing circumstances. The emphasis of
capacity building activities is co-learning - everyone learning
together - with an outcome of increased awareness, skills,
knowledge, motivation, commitment and confidence.
BDTNRM’s Community Engagement Team, Program
staff, CEO, Board and all staff contribute to community engagement
and capacity building activities.
Our Community Engagement Team
The Community Engagement Team
supports the communtiy engagement activities of the organisation.
The Community Engagement Team includes the Manager - who
focuses on the strategic communtiy engagement direction of the
organisation, a Land and Sea Coordinator - who focuses on
traditional owner engagement and capacity building across the
region, and four Community Support and Engagement Facilitators
- who focus on engaging with and supporting the community across
four different 'zones' of the region.
There are three sub programs that support communtiy engagement
and capacity building across the organisation. These are: