conservation, sustainable use and management of Australia's land, water, vegetation and biological resources. The framework identifies three requirements for monitoring natural resource condition: 1. a set of resource condition indicators to measure progress toward the agreed national outcomes on a medium and long term basis 2. a set of indicators for monitoring community and social processes relevant to or affected by NRM programs, as well as measures of the adoption of sustainable development and production techniques 3. contextual data pertinent to the indicator being considered