Condamine Catchment Management Association

The Condamine Catchment Committee was formed in 1992 following community consultation into how catchment management could be implemented in the Queensland section of the Murray-Darling Basin. The Condamine Catchment Committee became incorporated in 1996 to become the Condamine Catchment Management Association Inc (CCMA). Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) is a philosophy for achieving long term sustainable use of our land, water and related biological resources. It aims to coordinate the activities of landholders, community groups, industry groups and all spheres of government within a river catchment.

The CCMA subscribes to the principles outlined in the Queensland Government Integrated Catchment Management Strategy (1991). They are:

• Land and water resources are basic and interactive components of natural ecosystems.
• Management of land and water resources should be based on river catchments as geographic units which account for the interactions between these resources.
• River catchments are continuously changing in response to natural processes. * Management of land and water resources must be coordinated.
• Land and water resource management decisions must be based on the best available information.
• In a democratic society sound land and water management is best achieved through the informed action of the individual users and managers of these resources.
• A balance between economic development and conservation of land and water resources must be maintained.

Although the regional arrangements have changed due to Federal and State influences CCMA still continues as a community integrated catchment management group in the Condamine Alliance region.