The Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board is updating its Regional Landscape Plan for 2026-2031

This isn’t a completely new plan – it’s a targeted amendment to ensure our current plan stays relevant and effective for the next 5 years. It will guide the work and investment of the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board to ensure that the landscape board’s actions result in the best outcomes for community and the environment.

We’ve worked closely with First Nations partners, local councils, industry, government, non-government organisations and other partners to understand what’s working, what’s changed, and what we can do better. Their insights have helped share the draft amendments.

Now, we want to hear from other people who live, work, and care for this region.

Explore the draft plan below or download a copy, share your feedback and tell us what matters most to you.

How we developed the draft plan

We carried out an extensive engagement process with staff, board members and partners to find out what they thought about the landscape plan, what worked well and what may need improvement. While many of the existing focus areas and priorities remain relevant, the plan has been updated to reflect new priorities, challenges and opportunities that have emerged since the last plan was released on 2021.

Before making any changes, we ran a series of internal evaluation workshops with staff and landscape board members, and undertook a partner survey to evaluate how effectively the plan has been implemented during the last 5 years and identify opportunities for improvement.

This evaluation helped us pinpoint where updates were needed to keep the plan relevant and effective.

We held workshops with partners across the region to assess the relevance of existing priorities and focus areas, provide feedback and identify improvements, including:

  • Industry and farming groups
  • First Nations partners
  • Local councils and government agencies
  • Environmental and community organisations

These workshops helped us gather input to draft the direction of the Regional Landscape Plan for the next 5 years.

Summary of amendments

The most significant changes in the revised egional landscape plan have been summarised below.

Climate change is recognised as influencing landscape transformation. The plan introduces a climate change strategy, commits to net zero by 2028, and embeds climate risk into all policies, while strengthening partnerships to support adaptation and sustainability.

The landscape board’s evaluation framework is now included to outline how success will be measured over the life of the regional landscape plan. It provides a structured approach to tracking progress and assessing impact through quarterly reports, annual reviews, and evaluations.

Clearer, more detailed descriptions of our priorities and focus areas have been provided to help the community understand what we are working on and why, based on feedback from partners.

Your feedback

We invite you to provide feedback on the draft 2026-2031 Regional Landscape Plan