Regional Landscape Plans chart five-year roadmap for healthier landscapes

Formally endorsed by the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water Emily Bourke, the plans provide a shared roadmap for South Australia’s environmental future.

Collectively, the 2026-2031 Regional Landscape Plans offer clear regional priorities, a framework for investment, and a platform for collaboration across government, industry, First Nations organisations, community groups and land managers.

They are the second generation of regional plans developed under the Landscape South Australia Act 2019 and build on the achievements of the past five years, while responding to emerging challenges and opportunities across the state. 

Each plan was shaped through extensive community engagement, helping to identify the landscape management issues that matter most in each region, and ensuring that each plan reflects home-grown knowledge, community aspirations and on-ground realities.

Through this process, the Regional Landscape Plans become both a community-informed vision and an authorised framework for action, with annual business plans translating long-term priorities into yearly programs and project work. 

Across the state, several key themes have emerged in the Regional Landscape Plans including climate change, biodiversity loss, sustainable production, water security, pest management and urban greening. 

Climate resilience is a major focus, with regions recognising the need to prepare landscapes and communities for increasing climate pressures. 

Protecting biodiversity and healthy ecosystems also remains central. The plans recognise the importance of maintaining native species, habitats and ecological function across diverse landscapes.

Sustainable management of land and water continues to be critical for both the environment and regional economies. The plans recognise soil health, sustainable agriculture, water management and productive landscapes as essential to future prosperity and resilience. 

Managing pest plants and animals is a priority action across regions, reflecting the ongoing need to reduce impacts on agriculture, biodiversity and community wellbeing. 

Importantly, the plans also recognise that the people who live, work and care for these landscapes in each region are central to achieving lasting outcomes. Working alongside local communities, landholders, Aboriginal people and partner organisations is a key approach of landscape boards across the state.

As implementation begins, the plans will guide how landscape boards invest resources, measure progress and work with communities to achieve healthier, more resilient landscapes for generations to come.

Find links to all of South Australia's Regional Landscape Plans.