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

Indigenous

Mucking around with mangroves

10 June 2010

What can live in either salt water or fresh, is home to baby fish and sharks, breathes through upside down roots and produces a natural insect repellent?

The year eight Reef Guardian students from Northern Beaches State High School learned the answer yesterday during a presentation on mangroves.

NQ Dry Tropics’ Land and Sea Coordinator, Leah Saltner, said that mangrove forests were the equivalent of the local Bunnings hardware store for early Indigenous Australians.

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Funding and support

Helping you look after your backyard

NQ Dry Tropics funds a range of environmental activities within the Burdekin dry tropics region. We currently offer funding and support for the following groups:

NQ Dry Tropics is a not for profit, community organisation supported by:

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Mucking around with mangroves

10 June 2010

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10 June 2010

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