Regional Land Partnerships - Environment Project is a $5.3 million dollar investment from the Australian Government through the National Landcare Program focused on improving three ecosystems in Southern Queensland including Brigalow and Weeping Myall remnants in the Murray-Darling Basin, Natural Grasslands and Poplar Box Grassy Woodlands of the Darling Downs and the Currawinya Ramsar Wetlands of south-west Queensland.
Regional Land Partnerships - Agriculture Project is focused on improving the sustainability and productivity of agriculture across the Murray-Darling, Darling Downs and South-West regions through vegetation and soil health improvement and erosion mitigation. The aim of the project is to ‘future proof’ agricultural lands in Southern Queensland by increasing production and profitability while balancing biodiversity, waterway and landscape health.
We are working to achieve three key outcomes as part of our project delivery under the Natural Resource Investment Program (NRIP). Improve soil health and stability, primarily by increasing ground cover quality and working with graziers to identify and implement improved livestock management, undertake strategic pest and weed control, and use appropriate burning regimes. Improve the condition and extent of high-value native vegetation by working with land managers to reduce key threats such as invasive pests and weeds, vegetation thickening, and inappropriate fire and grazing regimes. Reduce the amount of sediment flowing into our region’s waterways and improve riparian condition by supporting priority erosion remediation works. Our NRIP project represents a $3 million investment from the Queensland Government from January 2019 to June 2022.
