Project aims to demonstrate how cultural burning can benefit grazing enterprises
Cultural burning can be of great benefit to agricultural landscapes and enterprises… and the Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Resilience project sets out to demonstrate that.
NQ Dry Tropics, in partnership with national indigenous network Firesticks, North Queensland graziers, and Traditional Owner groups, will help deliver the project across the Burdekin Dry Tropics region.
Firesticks leads the project, which will build on the success of the Cultural Fire for Grazing Landscapes project that fostered relationships between graziers and Traditional Owners as they worked together to heal Country.
Using cultural burning and traditional plant knowledge, the Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Resilience project aims to boost climate resilience, ecosystem health, and agricultural profitability, particularly for grazing enterprises.
Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Resilience seeks to demonstrate how Indigenous land management benefits agriculture. It will highlight opportunities to improve profitability and sustainability for North Queensland farmers by integrating cultural burning into their land management.
Partners in the project include:
- Firesticks (lead);
- NQ Dry Tropics;
- Plumtree Sstation grazier Mick Kingham;
- Dreghorn Station grazier Eiren Smith; and
- Warrawee Station graziers John and Kayleen Healing.
About Firesticks
Firesticks is a national Indigenous network that empowers communities to protect and enhance Country and wellbeing by reviving cultural knowledge practices.
Through mentoring, training, and advocacy, Firesticks has demonstrated the value of Indigenous land management and knowledge systems.
They have supported 35 communities during the past decade to restore the cultural wellbeing and identity of their Country, while battling climate change and environmental disorder.
Communities across the nation are leading the way, managing their own regions through cultural fire, providing opportunities for future generations
