The Foundation's Commitments

The Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Foundation is committed to:

1. A conservation ethic, recognising the needs of the natural environment and its ecosystems;



2. participatory democracy, recognising that all sections of the community should have the opportunity to participate directly in environmental management;



3. Managerial accountability, recognising the need for effective institutional arrangements and accountable management with respect to regulatory bodies;



4. Public advocacy, recognising the need to:
• Defend and promote the river and its catchment in transparent and public ways
• Improve technical understanding of the river system and its catchment
• Promote standards and practices of stewardship that properly value the river and its catchment
• Influence organisations, communities and individuals whose policies, plans, decisions and actions impact on the river and its catchment;


5. Ecologically sustainable development, recognising the complex relationships within and between the natural environment, the community and the economy; and



6. Political bipartisanship, recognising the challenge of healing the river and its catchment requires a vision and collective concerted effort beyond the timeframe of day-to-day partisan politics.