Thank you for participating in our survey. Your feedback is important and contributes to a vibrant Wheatbelt community creating healthy environments and livelihoods.
Name of Researchers: Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management (WNRM)

Invitation:

You are invited to take part in this survey to ensure that Wheatbelt NRM continues to work towards and deliver the aspirations and requirements of the Wheatbelt community. Your answers will inform knowledge and opinions on the natural and agricultural qualities of the Wheatbelt as well as helping to identify new priorities, emerging opportunities and the renewal of our strategic goals.

Aim of the Survey:

This survey aims to gain current social knowledge to foster positive environmental outcomes and enhance regional sustainability.

This survey is the first step in the revision of Wheatbelt NRM's Regional Plan (previously Strategy) which can be found here.

What does participation involve?:

Participation involves completing a short, anonymous, online survey that will take approximately 20 minutes. The survey will cover your knowledge and opinions on different aspects of the Wheatbelt environment and your participation in environmental activity.

Voluntary Participation and Withdrawal from the Study:

Participation in this survey is completely voluntary and you can withdraw from involvement at any time prior to completing the survey without explanation. There will be no consequences, effect or knowledge of your withdrawal should you choose to do so.

As the survey is anonymous, we cannot remove your answers once you have completed the survey.

Your privacy:

Your participation in this study and any information you provide will be treated in a confidential manner. Your responses will be collated and presented without any identifying information in any publication or presentation. As it is an anonymous survey, the data will be kept in a non-identifiable format in a secure server for a period of seven (7) years.

For more information on how your information will be handled, please view Wheatbelt NRM's Privacy Policy (https://www.wheatbeltnrm.org.au/privacy).

Benefits:

Your input will help guide the direction of Wheatbelt NRM work, on what is important to producers and community members, and will help to ensure that their work continues to benefit the community. Once completed, the (averaged and anonymous) results of the survey will be published in the WNRM Regional Plan and made available for free to all community members and will help guide investment and action across the region.

Contacts:

If you would like to discuss any aspect of this survey please feel free to contact Wheatbelt NRM at info@wheatbeltnrm.org.au or on 9670 3100.

Question Title

1. I have read the information provided and any questions I have asked have been answered to my satisfaction. I agree to participate in this research project, realising that I may withdraw at any time without reason and without prejudice.

I understand that all information that I provide is treated as strictly confidential and will not be released by the investigators in any form that may identify me.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw from participation once my survey responses have been submitted, due to the anonymous nature of the survey.

I consent to participate in this research project

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