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Welcome to the Noongar season of Djilba, and the August edition of Perth NRM's newsletter.

Djilba is a transitional time, with some rainy windy days, the occasional sunny day and some cold crisp mornings.

Read on below for exciting updates to our projects, and upcoming events!

NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING

Natural Capital Accounting Update

The Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) project began in 2020 with the aim to empower Western Australian farmers to measure and understand their natural capital (NC) assets, thereby informing their decision-making processes and enhancing communication of their environmental performance to stakeholders.

Through collaborative partnerships and on-ground feedback, Perth NRM has contributed significantly to the development of an on-farm NCA measurement and verification framework, which will support targeted investments in farming practices aimed at restoring and enhancing NC.

There will be a project summary report available very soon on the Perth NRM and RegenWA websites. It will include the project’s key outcomes and learnings, methodology, results and engagement.

This Measuring On-Farm Natural Capital in Western Australia Project was delivered in partnership with Integrated Futures, and made possible through support and funding from Commonland and the WA State NRM Office Community Stewardship Grants.

CARING FOR NOONGAR BOODJA

Rain, rain go away – come again some other day!

The “Caring for Noongar Boodja” project finished with wild Djeran weather. Students from Fremantle Primary School and Fremantle College took up the challenge during the last two activities of the project that brought together Noongar knowledge holders, schools and community to promote stewardship of our natural areas. They listened intently, shared their experiences and respectfully learned about traditional ecological knowledge.

This project was funded by the Western Australian Government’s State NRM Program.

COLLECTIVE IMPACT

Focusing on the work ahead

The third collective impact workshop of the Restoration Impact Framework project was held on Tuesday 28th May at The Hub, Bentley Technology Park. Twenty-one attendees from diverse key stakeholder groups, including two overseas visitors, joined the discussions. The workshop focused on: 

• Refining the project’s vision and purpose statement 
• Evolution of the theory of change 
• Introduction to shared measurement for collective impact 
• An activity on outcomes and indicators and 
• An update on feedback for an investment case. 

The Restoration Impact Framework project is funded by Lotterywest and Commonland with collective impact workshops delivered by Impact Seed and coordinated by Perth NRM.

CLIMATE CHANGERS MOVIE SCREENING

EVENTS

ONLY 6 TICKETS LEFT!!

STEM Jumpstart Program Day: Women in Agriculture and Environment

To celebrate National Science Week, Perth NRM is hosting the STEM Jumpstart Program Day: Women in Agriculture and Environment. This professional development day, delivered by Value Creators, is designed to raise the capacity of early to mid-career women in agricultural, sustainability and environmental industries and/or women who are looking for future STEM roles.

Ticket sales close on Tuesday 6th August

Dieback Information Group Conference 2024

This year’s conference theme is “Seeing the Forest for the Trees” – selected to recognise the importance of holistic management for Australia’s forest ecosystems, and the pivotal role that environmental biosecurity and disease hygiene play in the health of these landscapes.

MORE EVENTS

• 4 August: Gardening for Wildlife
• 11 August: Matthew Evans on MILK
• 11 September: ReWild Your Garden - How to Get Started (Cockburn)
• 29 September: A Nature Play Morning in Cottesloe
• 22-24 October: RCS Grazing Clinic
• 25-27 October: RCS Business Fundamentals Workshop
• 11 November: Urban Biodiversity Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop

Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or regularly check our website, to learn about all our upcoming events.