This project provided an NRM Technical Lead 1.5 days a week and a Biodiversity Innovation Broker 1.5days a week. The NRM Technical Lead role assisted the industry continuously improve its BMP recommendations for NRM on cotton farms. This was achieved through the development and implementation of annual CottonInfo Operating Plans, annual reviews and updates to myBMP and industry BMP guides and the development and implementation of tools, products & activities and collaborations. 

The project delivered a number of outcomes & outputs which have assisted the Australian cotton industry meet its environmental sustainability priorities and support the emerging industry in northern Australia. The highlights include the establishment of national biodiversity sustainability  priorities and metrics for industry sustainability reporting, the inclusion of biodiversity asset and management information for northern Australia into the  CottonInfo Biodiversity management webtool , Native Revegetation case studies based on the very successful 6 year partnership between Country Road and Landcare Australia to retore biodiversity on cotton farms and the partnership between CRDC, NSWDPI and FRDC to develop 5 case studies on the economic and environmental impacts of modern fish screens.