The Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management NRM region is an incredibly biodiverse area with biodiversity assets of national and international significance.

Although dominated by tropical savannas, woodlands and grasslands, the region’s natural ecosystem spans the full suite of tropical biodiversity and includes mountainous rainforests, large river systems and coral reefs.

Grazing is the predominant land use, and much emphasis is placed on landholders to manage for biodiversity values in balance with production values.

Most landholders in the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region are very aware of the different plants and animals on their land and are observant in the fluctuations of their numbers.

The aim of these indicator sheets is not to provide landholders with any hard and fast rules, but to complement, or build, on the knowledge they already have about a particular native plant or animal.

These sheets describe the benefits these plants or animals bring to a property and the links they provide in maintaining a sustainable grazing enterprise that endures season after season.