Rural
10 October, 2024
$117M regional boost
The LNP announced a major injection of funds for regional Natural Resource Management groups across Queensland.
The announcement, in response to the sector’s ‘Nurturing Nature: Cultivating Culture’ campaign, will see $117.84 million invested in on-ground projects focussed on protecting natural assets and supporting regional communities to thrive.
The funds will be invested across seven key themes, identified as priorities by regional communities across Queensland:
• Halt the decline of Queensland’s Threatened Species
• First Nations Stewardship: Revitalise Land and Culture
• Protect and Restore Queensland’s Aquatic Environments
• Biosecurity: Safeguard Biodiversity, Agriculture and Human Health
• Improve Land Condition for Agriculture, Biodiversity and the Economy
• Climate Adaptation and Disaster Resilience
• State-wide Policy and Coordination Julie Boyd, Chair NRM Regions Queensland said the investment was welcomed by Queensland’s regional NRM organisations.
“Queensland’s regional NRM organisations play a vital role in regional and remote Queensland, delivering outcomes for conservation as well as the economy,” Julie said.
“The LNP has committed to invest in a program of on-ground activity that will deliver significant outcomes for threatened species, waterways and coasts, sustainable agriculture, disaster recovery and resilience, biosecurity and engaging First Nations people.”
