by IMIT | Jul 24, 2017 | Information
The head of a project designed to support dwindling populations of Black-throated Finch located on grazing properties in North Queensland has said that it is also benefiting pasture cover and productivity. NQ Dry Tropics’ Conserving Black-throated Finch Habitat...
by IMIT | Jul 20, 2017 | Information
NQ Dry Tropics has been working with enthusiastic volunteers to clean up and restore beach scrubs, one of our most important coastal communities. More than 40 hectares of weeds, including Weeds of National Significance, lantana, prickly pear and rubber vine has been...
by IMIT | Jul 12, 2017 | Information, Wetlands
A recently-completed NQ Dry Tropics project focused on cane farms in the Lower Burdekin has shown that productivity and environmental benefits can go hand-in-hand. The Queensland Government-funded Landscape Resilience project used monitoring techniques to provide...
by IMIT | Jul 7, 2017 | Information
Determined to embrace positive management practice change, Kale and Karin Robinson, of Hillsborough Station, are working to improve pasture on their Ravenswood grazing property to achieve a sustainable and profitable enterprise. Since taking over the property two...
by IMIT | Jun 29, 2017 | Information
Burdekin sugar cane growers are finding innovative ways to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef by minimising water run-off from their properties. The Burdekin is the engine room of Queensland’s sugar industry, producing between 8-9 million tonnes of sugar...