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Natural resource management includes all activities which manage natural resources or aim to make more efficient use of natural resources, e.g. water supply and management, and land management and development.

In 1999-2000, total expenditure by local government in Tasmania on natural resource management totalled $86.8m, of which $58.6m, or 67.5% was spent on water supply activities. In comparison, Australian local governments spent on average 45.9% of their natural resource management expenditure on water supply activities.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EXPENDITURE - 1999-2000
	Tasmania			Australia
	Current expenses	Capita expenditure		Current expenses	Capital expenditure
	$m	$m		$m	$m
Water supply	48.5	10.1		568.7	*267.3
Land management	21.8	*3.7		753.5	170.9
Other	*2.2	n.p.		47.8	*14.4
Total	72.6	14.2		1,370.0	452.6
* estimate has a relative standard error of between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution n.p. estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use Source: Environment Expenditure, Local Government, Australia (Cat. no. 4611.0).

LOCAL GOVERNMENT NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EXPENDITURE, Per Capita - 1999-2000
	Tasmania			Australia
	Current expenses per capita	Capital expenditure per capita		Current expenses per capita	Capital expenditure per capita
	$	$		$	$
Water supply	103	22		30	14
Land management	46	8		40	9
Other	5	1		3	1
Total	154	30		73	24
* estimate has a relative standard error of between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution n.p. estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use Source: Environment Expenditure, Local Government, Australia (Cat. no. 4611.0).