For the last decade
NQ DRY TROPICS
has been working with people to
improve our environment

In the last five years
we have helped graziers install
136 watering points to
protect waterways

Improved
130,000 hectares
of grazing land in the
Burdekin region

Protected
104,000 hectares
of wildlife corridors

Improved the environmental sustainability of
40,000 hectares
of sugar, fruit and vegetable farms

Protected
25 hectares
of coastal vegetation

Reduced the use of fertiliser on
20,000 hectares of farmland near the
Great Barrier Reef

Improved
the quality of soil on
15,000 hectares
of land in the dry tropics region

We have removed barriers
to fish movement along
5,000 kilometres
of creeks and rivers

We have helped over
90 families in semi-urban areas
to protect native plants in their backyard

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Belyando Basin

The Belyando basin is very large, covering just over 35,000 square kilometres.

The land is mostly used for grazing and broad acre cereal cropping. A small part of the land used for conservation purposes.

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Lower Burdekin Basin

The Lower Burdekin Basin is relatively small, covering just under 10,000 square kilometres.

The land is mostly used for grazing with about 12 per cent used for intensive agriculture such as irrigated sugar production. Another 9 per cent is used for conservation purposes.

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