NQ Dry Tropics is supporting cane farmers’ involvement in Project Catalyst. The Project is about helping progressive farmers who are developing practices that improve the quality of water leaving farms.
Project Catalyst was born in the Mackay Whitsundays area by natural resource management group Reef Catchments and has expanded into north Queensland with the support of NQ Dry Tropics.
Students around Townsville are learning about the important relationship between Traditional Owners and sea turtles through a series of school presentations called ‘Safeguarding the Gungu (Sea Turtle)’.
NQ Dry Tropics Project Officer, Sam Savage, said the education program teaches kids about the cultural connections Traditional Owners have with the sea.
“Traditional Owners have a long standing relationship with the sea and with sea turtles.”
The Delbessie Agreement is a new arrangement of leasing land in Queensland.
Most grazing properties throughout the state are leased and the leases used to be renewed automatically every 30 years. The Queensland Government wants to reward good landholders by offering longer term leases to those who met environmental and social benchmarks.
In 2007, it signed an agreement with rural lobby group Agforce and the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society on a Hughenden property called Delbessie, cementing a new leasehold strategy.
NQ Dry Tropics' management area, the Burdekin Dry Tropics region, is located in north eastern Queensland. Covering an area of approximately 138,000 square kilometres (almost eight per cent of the state), the region is primarily defined by the catchment area of the Burdekin River. The region extends into marine waters and includes Magnetic Island and the Palm Islands.
NQ Dry Tropics is a community based not-for-profit company. We have been working to improve the environment in north Queensland’s dry tropics for over a decade.
NQ Dry Tropics is one of 14 recognised natural resource management bodies in Queensland that works with federal and state governments to deliver positive outcomes for natural assets. Our funding comes from the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country initiative and the Queensland Government’s Q2 Coasts and Country initiative.
NQ Dry Tropics is supporting cane farmers’ involvement in Project Catalyst. The Project is about helping progressive farmers who are developing practices that improve the quality of water leaving farms.
