Reviewing Eyre Peninsula’s landscape management
The regional plan for the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board - which sets the 5-year direction for landscape management for the Eyre Peninsula region - is currently undergoing review with community input now being sought.
The plan, reviewed and updated every five years, will guide how the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board safeguards Eyre Peninsula’s natural and productive environment in partnership with the local community, in line with requirements set out in the Landscape South Australia Act, 2019.
Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board General Manager Jonathan Clark says the new plan is an opportunity to make sure the Board’s actions continue to meet the changing needs of our diverse landscapes and the people who care for them.
“Under the Landscape South Australia Act 2019, we have statutory requirements in relation to managing declared plant and animals, land protection and management, and water planning and management,” Mr Clark says.
“The Act also promotes ecologically sustainable development and biodiversity conservation; and landscape management being community-led and locally delivered is a core philosophy.
“During the review of the plan, we want to hear from our broader EP community including our youth who will be the future guardians of our region.
“We’d like to know what the community sees as changes that will challenge the management of soil, water, coasts and biodiversity during the next five years.
“While we have areas that we have to focus on through requirements of the Landscape Act, we want to carry out our core work with an understanding of what the community values about our local landscapes and what they see as local priorities for landscape management.”
The Board is undertaking a stakeholder workshop with local government representatives in September and will also speak to a range of Eyre Peninsula people in one-on-one interviews as part of the review process.
Everyone in the community can have their say on the local landscape management challenges and priorities, through the Board’s YourSAy consultation page. This includes community surveys – one for adults and one for youth.
The YourSAy consultation will be open until September 26, 2025.
Following this first stage of community consultation, the revised plan for the next five years will be drafted.
This draft will be shared for the second and final round of community consultation in January-February 2026 (for a 6-week period).
After this, the final draft plan will be presented to the Minister for approval, for implementation from July 2026.
Visit the YourSAy page for full details and to get involved.
