Business & Rural
10 November, 2025
Talk times on healthy catchments
The North Central Catchment Management Authority has released the draft North Central Climate Change Strategy – Protecting What We Love, with the aim of guiding a coordinated, regional response to the urgent challenge.
A NEW region-wide draft strategy is aimed at preparing north central Victoria’s natural assets and communities for climate change, and ensuring they have the tools and strength to respond.
The North Central Catchment Management Authority has released the draft North Central Climate Change Strategy – Protecting What We Love, with the aim of guiding a coordinated, regional response to the urgent challenge.
“Science isn’t sitting on the fence about whether climate change is happening, and neither are we,” North Central CMA Strategy and Partnerships Executive Manager Rohan Hogan said.
“Between more intense rainfall, larger floods, higher temperatures, and long dry periods, our communities are all too aware of what climate change can do.
“We’re working with local communities to protect our farms, waterways, forests, plants, and animals from climate change and pass on a healthier environment to our children.”
Building on the 2015 North Central Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan, the updated draft strategy provides high-level guidance for those managing land, water, and biodiversity across the region.
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