NRM South

What NRM South does

NRM South (legally Southern Regional Natural Resource Management Association Inc) is a Tasmanian nonprofit founded in 2003 and headquartered in Hobart, operating as one of three regional Natural Resource Management bodies in Tasmania and one of 56 nationally. The organization delivers place-based environmental programs across four themes — Biodiversity, Land, Water, and Sustainable Futures — targeting southern Tasmania and serving a mixed constituency of small landholders and farmers (5-100 hectares), federal and state government agencies, research institutions (notably CSIRO and University of Tasmania), the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, and community Landcare groups. Programmatic offerings include threatened species recovery (Swan Galaxias, Swift Parrot, Orange-bellied Parrot, Red Handfish, Ammonite Snail, Forty-spotted Pardalote), sustainable agriculture advisory (Climate Smart Farming Systems, Property Management Planning workshops, Green Sheep Project, Orchard Resilience), water and wetland restoration (Rivers to Ramsar, Blue Carbon, Saltmarsh Restoration, Flood Resilience), and marine habitat initiatives (Reef Builder, Environmentally Friendly Moorings). NRM South has co-developed proprietary conservation science assets including eDNA markers for Swan Galaxias, the first Ammonite Snail identification guide, and CSIRO-aligned soil sampling protocols.

The organization is funded almost entirely through federal and state government grants, having attracted approximately $65 million in direct cash investment for Tasmania since 2020. Recent disclosed funding includes a $443,515 Saving Native Species Program grant (2024-2026), $765,000 across two threatened species projects (2024), and participation in the Tasmanian Government's $2 million per year Threatened Species Partnership Program over four years. Revenue from direct participants is nominal — only the Property Management Planning workshop series charges a $350 per property contribution; most services are free to landholders. The organization employs 11-50 staff and is governed by a Board led by CEO Nepelle Crane, with four new Directors appointed in June 2025 drawing expertise from CSIRO, UN Global Compact Network Australia, and the University of Tasmania. Distribution is regional and project-based, with on-ground delivery across Huon Valley, Channel, Coal Valley, Bruny Island, and greater Hobart.

Name

NRM South

Legal name

Southern Regional Natural Resource Management Association Inc

Website

https://nrmsouth.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NRM South is a Hobart-based nonprofit delivering natural resource management, threatened species recovery, sustainable agriculture advisory, and water/marine restoration programs across southern Tasmania, funded primarily by Australian and Tasmanian government grants and serving small landholders, Aboriginal partners, and community groups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (11), Support Activities for Animal Production (11521)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation & Natural Resource Management Technical Assistance (BPADAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems & Land Management (BPADALAG), Oceans, Coastal & Marine Resource Management (BPADALAI)

Keywords

• Natural resource management
• Biodiversity conservation
• Threatened species recovery
• Sustainable agriculture advisory
• Wetland restoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Hobart

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NRM South delivers regional natural resource management services across southern Tasmania through a portfolio of conservation projects, sustainable agriculture advisory programs, and community land management initiatives. Its core work includes threatened species recovery (Swan Galaxias, Swift Parrot, Orange-bellied Parrot, Red Handfish, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Ammonite Snail), wetland and saltmarsh restoration, soil health monitoring, climate-smart farming support, and cultural burning programs delivered in partnership with government, research institutions, Aboriginal organisations, and landholders.

Product overview

NRM South is a Natural Resource Management organization (not a technology company) that does not offer a unified software product or platform architecture. Instead, it provides a diverse portfolio of environmental conservation projects, agricultural advisory programs, and community engagement initiatives across four thematic areas: Biodiversity, Land, Water, and Sustainable Futures. The organization's offerings include conservation projects for threatened species (such as Biodiverse Bruny, Saving Swift Parrots, Swan Galaxias recovery), agricultural programs (Climate Smart Farming Systems, Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator, Property Management Planning workshops), water and wetland restoration projects (Rivers to Ramsar, Blue Carbon, Saltmarsh Restoration), and marine habitat initiatives (Reef Builder, Environmentally Friendly Moorings). These are not commercial software products but rather conservation and land management programs delivered in partnership with government, research institutions, and community groups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Property Management Planning (PMP) Program A practical six-part weekend workshop series delivered across late summer-autumn to help small property owners (up to 100 hectares) develop customised Property Management Plans covering sustainable land management, pasture productivity, soil health, drought resilience, and bushfire risk. Designed for landholders in southern Tasmania regions including Huon Valley, Channel, and Coal Valley.
• Biodiverse Bruny A five-year project safeguarding Bruny Island's biodiversity through protection of threatened species and ecological communities across 4,000 hectares of Aboriginal owned and managed land. Integrates Aboriginal knowledge and leadership with scientific expertise and community involvement.
• Saving Swift Parrots A five-year project with four areas of activity aimed at improving conservation outcomes for the critically endangered Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) through improvements to management actions within their Tasmanian breeding range.
• Enhancing outcomes for Swan Galaxias A project addressing threats to the endangered Swan Galaxias (endemic to Tasmania) from invasive species, climate change, and small fragmented populations through habitat restoration, translocation, captive breeding feasibility assessment, and community outreach with anglers.
• Climate Smart Farming Systems A four-year project working with farmers across southern Tasmania to support adoption of climate-smart, sustainable agriculture best practice.
• Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator (SAF) A nationwide-network facilitator service working with farmers, landholders, community groups, and agriculture industries to support uptake of climate-smart, sustainable agriculture practices.
• National Soil Monitoring Program A nationwide initiative to track soil health indicators across Australia, with NRM South (alongside NRM North and Cradle Coast Authority) coordinating Tasmania's sampling program — Tasmania became the first state to complete its full sampling across 202 variable sites.
• Threatened Species Partnership Program A program funded by the Tasmanian Government at $2 million per year over four years to directly support conservation activities for priority threatened species including the Burgundy Snail and Southport Heath.
• Conservation Actions for Tasmania's Orange-bellied Parrots A five-year project investigating predator threats, improving food plant availability through burning trials, mapping foraging habitat, and implementing habitat improvement along the Orange-bellied Parrot's Tasmanian migration route.
• Actions for Ammonite Snail A project addressing knowledge gaps, developing species management guidelines, and working with private landowners around Hobart to implement conservation actions for the critically endangered Ammonite Snail.
• Restoring Habitat for Red Handfish A project focused on restoring habitat for the Red Handfish, one of the world's most vulnerable marine fish species found only in southeast Tasmania.
• Cat Management Actions for Eastern Quoll on Bruny Island A project addressing feral cat impacts on biodiversity through landscape-scale cat management programs working towards eradication on Bruny Island, supporting the endangered Eastern Quoll.
• Reef Builder A project restoring native flat oyster reefs in the Derwent Estuary and D'Entrecasteaux Channel, where this habitat was previously extensive.
• Supporting Significant Wetlands (Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes) A 20-year program improving water quality, protecting and restoring saltmarsh and wetland communities at Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes, and supporting farmers to manage environmentally significant landscapes.
• Igniting Communities A project engaging the community to learn about cultural burning from Tasmanian Aboriginal people, supporting cultural practice through land management and community discussion, delivered in partnership with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.
• Wedge-tailed Eagle Research Fund A fund supporting high-quality ecological and scientific research on Tasmania's Wedge-tailed Eagles, operated through the Wedge-Tailed Eagle Offset Fund for Cattle Hill Wind Farm.

Quantifiable outcome

• $65 million direct cash investment secured for Tasmania since 2020
• +12 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Landcare Australia: National umbrella organization supporting thousands of community Landcare groups. Highly comparable as the parent of the Landcare network that NRM South engages, with shared focus on community-based land management, sustainable agriculture, and biodiversity outcomes.
• Greening Australia: Australia's largest environmental restoration nonprofit with a national footprint covering revegetation, carbon projects, and biodiversity restoration. Comparable as a federal funding recipient delivering landscape-scale NRM outcomes, with a broader geographic and thematic scope than NRM South.
• WWF-Australia: Major national environmental NGO delivering threatened species recovery, habitat restoration, and sustainable agriculture programs. Comparable scope and funding model to NRM South, though operating at much larger national scale with corporate partnership revenue.
• Bush Heritage Australia: National conservation nonprofit acquiring and managing reserves for biodiversity outcomes. Comparable conservation mission, donor and grant funding model, and on-ground land management orientation, though focused on reserve acquisition rather than regional coordination like NRM South.
• The Nature Conservancy Australia: Australian arm of a global conservation nonprofit working on marine, freshwater, and terrestrial conservation. Comparable in delivery of science-led conservation projects, eDNA and species recovery programs, and access to large-scale federal and philanthropic funding.

Direct peers

• NRM North: One of three Tasmanian NRM regional bodies covering northern Tasmania, performing the same natural resource management, sustainable agriculture, and biodiversity conservation mandate as NRM South. Directly comparable as a regional delivery partner sharing federal/state funding pools and project portfolios.
• Cradle Coast Authority: The third Tasmanian NRM regional body, serving the Cradle Coast region of northwest Tasmania. Provides directly comparable natural resource management, regional planning, and sustainability program delivery to NRM South.
• Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre: Aboriginal-led organization delivering cultural land management including cultural burning in partnership with NRM South. Comparable on-ground delivery of Aboriginal-led conservation programs in Tasmania, with overlapping funding sources and project scope.
• Tasmanian Land Conservancy: A Tasmania-based conservation nonprofit focused on private land protection, threatened species habitat, and covenant programs. Highly comparable mission, geography, and funding model to NRM South's biodiversity projects.

Regional players

• BirdLife Tasmania: Tasmanian branch of BirdLife Australia focused on bird conservation, including Swift Parrot and Orange-bellied Parrot recovery work that overlaps directly with NRM South's threatened species projects. Comparable regional conservation scope and species focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nrmsouth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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