Land Management MER Framework

Our role
Our role
Restore nature and enhance value for landholders
Restore nature and enhance value for landholders
Critically endangered ecological communities
Critically endangered ecological communities
Native non-woody vegetation
Native non-woody vegetation
Land management MER framework
Land management MER framework

We are overseeing the development of a Land Management Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) Framework that will:

  • monitor the ongoing effectiveness of the Land Management Framework on rural regulated land
  • provide data and evidence to inform continual improvement to minimise environmental risks
  • include regular and ongoing reporting on the outcomes of the Land Management Framework.

We are working closely with Local Land Services to co-design the MER Framework with input and advice from an independent expert panel. As part of this work, we are consulting with other NSW agencies on related data and reporting.

We will provide the final proposed MER Framework to Local Land Services in the first half of 2025 and publish on our website within three months of submission.

Expert panel

We have appointed the following independent experts to the panel to advise on the land management MER framework:

  • Dr Neil Byron - expert in agricultural/ and environmental policy and economics
  • Dr Sheridan Coakes - expert in social impact assessment
  • Dr Charlie Zammit - expert in ecology of agricultural ecosystems
  • Mr Jim Binney - expert in agricultural economics.

The panel has the same membership as the independent expert advisory panel that provided guidance to the statutory review of the native vegetation provisions of the Local Land Services Act 2013. They were selected for their knowledge and expertise.