by Samantha Morris | Oct 8, 2024 | Nature Positive, News
Regional NRM organisation Terrain NRM has launched a new biodiversity credit scheme designed to generate an income for landholders who restore, protect and improve rainforest habitat. The newly launched Cassowary Credit scheme, designed specifically for...
by Samantha Morris | Oct 8, 2024 | Nature Positive, News
A six-year Reef program, which ran until 2023, successfully combated stream bank erosion in the Mackay Whitsunday region. This program, in partnership with 31 agricultural properties, coordinated by regional NRM organisation Reef Catchments, managed to significantly...
by Samantha Morris | Oct 8, 2024 | Nature Positive, News
More than 100 cane growers have been engaged by regional NRM organisation NQ Dry Tropics to positively impact water quality flowing to the great barrier reef. Through improved irrigation, nutrient and pesticide management and widespread practice change, four on-ground...
by Samantha Morris | Oct 8, 2024 | Nature Positive, News
A new partnership, which aims to drive large-scale nature restoration in Southeast Queensland, has been launched. The collaboration, which unites government, private sector, industry and community partners will drive investment into landscape-scale nature restoration....
by Samantha Morris | Oct 4, 2024 | Nature Positive, News
The Gilbert and Mitchell Rivers, in the Northern Gulf region of Queensland are very remote, very large and very ecologically diverse river systems – critical to communities, our precious biodiversity, food production as well as lifestyle and wellbeing for those who...
by Samantha Morris | Oct 4, 2024 | Nature Positive, News
Western Cape York has Queensland’s largest nesting population of the endemic and vulnerable flatback turtle, the state’s entire nesting population of the endangered olive ridley turtle and a regionally important nesting population of the endangered hawksbill turtle....