Archives: Priority Actions

Ensure sufficient funding and resources are available to allow grass roots community organisations to continue their work.

Conduct a comprehensive feral pig eradication program, with sufficient and ongoing resourcing for large-scale impact.

Conduct restoration to improve resilience of natural and agricultural areas to threats, including climate change.

Conduct comprehensive management programs for high priority aquatic and land-based pests and weeds, including new or evolving species.

Conduct restoration projects to expand habitat and improve connectivity across the landscape for threatened species like cassowaries.

Conduct weed control, replanting, habitat protection and maintenance in Cairns Central Swamp.

Provide funding to support innovation programs that investigate and test unique approaches to complex issues.

Develop a framework to incorporate cultural indicators to inform natural resource management.

Develop or support involvement in environmental and cultural markets.

Investigate options for improving the environmental values of unproductive agricultural land and diversifying economic opportunities.

Establish cooperative partnerships between NRM stakeholders to share knowledge and resources.

Complete catchment management plans for Saltwater Creek, Fearnley Street Drain and others in coastal locations to identify and mitigate climate change impacts.