Archives: Priority Actions

Identify and manage significant sites to protect their cultural and natural values.

Conduct riparian restoration work in high priority locations, including activities like weed control, bank stabilisation, off creek stock water points and revegetation.

Targeted expansion and protection of identified priority refugial areas, to improve resilience of upland endemic wildlife species to the impacts of changing climate.

Support existing monitoring programs for threatened wildlife and habitats and design/implement monitoring programs for non-listed species at imminent risk from climate change or other threatening processes.

Support landholders to implement a range of soil and water conservation measures, including contour banks, aquifer recharge and grassed drains.

Conduct remediation works in identified high priority sites to control erosion, minimise the loss of sediment and improve water quality downstream.

Manage and protect the values of Bicentennial Lakes in Mareeba, to ensure their social and environmental values are maintained.

Ensure sufficient support is available to community organisations to maintain their capacity, so they remain effective and capable of delivering outcomes for the local community and environment.

Secure adequate and consistent water supply for environmental purposes, including wetland areas which are dependent on water supplied externally from dams and storages.

Maintain and protect existing habitat, vegetation and connectivity, using a range of approaches including planning.

Develop and support a range of tourism initiatives which showcase the natural features and cultural values of the local area.

Establish corridors to improve connectivity in priority locations (including cross-tenure) to provide biodiversity outcomes.