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The Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority is one of 13 Catchment Management Authorities in NSW established under the Catchment Management Authorities Act, 2003 . It is a source of specialist advice, education, training and funding to give effect to sustainable natural resource management in the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment area.

This Toolkit contains information about the natural resources - the land, water, vegetation and biodiversity, climate and people - in the Central Tablelands Landcare District of NSW.

The Central West Catchment Management Authority is one of thirteen organisations that were established in late 2004 as part of major natural resource management reforms in NSW. Catchment Management Authorities are statutory authorities that report to the Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water Resources. CMAs are funded by the NSW Government, with additional support from the Australian Government. CMAs have responsibility for devolving operational, investment and decision-making natural resource functions to catchment level.

The Cooks River Foreshores Working Group is a voluntary association of local councils and state government agencies who have been working together since 1998 to improve the health and amenity of the Cooks River, its foreshores and catchment environment.

NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water.

List of international, national, state, regional and local 'green' dates.

Industry & Investment NSW has been established to assist in building a diversified state economy that creates jobs. It includes the former NSW Department of Primary Industries.

The Lachlan CMA is one of 13 CMAs established under the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003, which came into force on 23 January 2004 across NSW under broad statewide reforms that resulted from the recommendations of the Native Vegetation Reform Implementation Group.

The Lower Murray Darling Catchment Management Authority (LMD CMA) delivers funding from the NSW and Australian Governments, and other sources to help land managers improve and restore the natural resources of the catchment.  The LMD CMA is a statutory organisation established by the NSW Government in 2004.

The Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority (CMA) delivers funding from the NSW and Australian Governments to help land managers improve and restore the natural resources of the catchment.  The Murrumbidgee CMA is a community-managed statutory organisation established by the NSW Government in 2004. It is overseen by a community-based Board and is an organisation run by local people for local people.

The Natural Resources Advisory Council (NRAC) was established by the NSW Government  in 2004 as a single source of integrated stakeholder advice on high level natural resources management and land use issues.

The Northern Inland Weeds Advisory Committee (NIWAC) promotes a regional approach to management of noxious and other environmental weeds by bringing together all local and state government organisations and other bodies involved in land management throughout the North West and New England Regions of New South Wales.

The Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (Northern Rivers CMA) is one of thirteen CMAs established under the Catchment Management Act 2003 and is is a statutory authority. 

The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is the lead NSW Government department with responsibility for protecting and caring for out environment, managing water resources and developing and coordinating programs to address the impacts of climate change in NSW.

The Environmental Trust is an independent statutory body established by the NSW government to support exceptional environmental projects that do not receive funds from the usual government sources. The Trust is empowered under the Environmental Trust Act 1998, and its main responsibility is to make and supervise the expenditure of grants. The Trust is administered by the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW).

The Trust is chaired by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment. Members are the Director-General of DECCW and representatives from the Local Government and Shires Associations, the Nature Conservation Council and NSW Treasury.

Objectives
The objectives of the Environmental Trust are:

•to encourage and support restoration and rehabilitation projects
•to promote research into environmental problems of any kind
•to promote environmental education in both the public and private sectors
•to fund the acquisition of land for the national parks estate
•to fund the declaration of areas for marine parks and for related purposes
•to promote waste avoidance, resource recovery and waste management (including funding enforcement and regulation and local government programs)
•to fund environmental community groups
•to fund the purchase of water entitlements for the purpose of increasing environmental flows for the State's rivers and restoring or rehabilitating major wetlands.

A government appointed advisory body which includes members from landcare, government and regional NRM organisations.

The NSW Office of Water is a separate office within the NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water. It is responsible for the management of the State's surface water and groundwater resources.

The Rural Women's Network (RWN) is a state-wide government program within the Industry & Investment NSW.  The RWN works in innovative ways to share information and promote action on rural women's issues, often in partnership with individuals, groups and non-government and government agencies.

Southern Rivers CMA is a locally based and managed organisation with a Board of local people, reporting directly to the NSW Minister for Environment and Climate Change. It is a statutory body established under the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003 to facilitate and coordinate the management of natural resources in the Southern Rivers region.

The Western Catchment Management Authority has been established to ensure the local community has a significant say in how natural resources (land, vegetation, rivers, groundwater and biodiversity), are managed.

Set in the heart of Western Sydney, The Western Sydney Parklands contain world class sporting facilities, popular picnic areas, a full length cycle/walking track and native bushland. Covering 5,280 hectares, the Parklands stretch 27 kilometres from Quakers Hill to Leppington. The NSW Government has established the Western Sydney Parklands Trust to be responsible for managing and developing the Parklands.