The Sydney Metropolitan region is on the east coast of New South Wales and consists mainly of the catchments that feed into Sydney Harbour, Botany Bay and Port Hacking. The area extends from Narrabeen Lagoon in the north, through the Royal National Park to Stanwell Park in the south and west to include Blacktown and Campbelltown.
Under the 2006 New South Wales Natural Resources Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Strategy, this state of the catchments report was prepared as part of what was a comprehensive data collection and analysis for natural resource assets in catchments across NSW – the 2010 State of the catchments reports. Data was collected and analysed using a common analytical framework, and the reports provide information on natural resource condition and trends within a consistent reporting framework.
Reporting was based on 13 natural resource themes, in accordance with the NSW state-wide natural resource management targets. These resource management targets were part of the green state priorities and targets in the NSW State Plan 2010.
Natural resource asset reports
These associated reports assess individual natural resource assets in the Sydney Metropolitan region, the pressures impacting on them and management actions undertaken to address these pressures:
- Native vegetation (PDF 1.6MB)
- Fauna (PDF 605KB)
- Threatened species (PDF 641KB)
- Invasive species (PDF 930KB)
- Riverine ecosystems (PDF 1.7MB)
- Groundwater (PDF 1.1MB)
- Marine waters and ecosystems (PDF 1.4MB)
- Wetlands (PDF 515KB)
- Estuaries and coastal lakes (PDF 1.9MB)
- Soil condition (PDF 1.4MB)
- Land management within capability (PDF 1.4MB)
- Economic sustainability and social well-being (PDF 680KB)
- Capacity to manage natural resources (PDF 564KB).