Natural resource management is the protection and improvement of the natural assets that underpin the economy as well as our quality of life. Regional natural resource management (NRM) organisations work with their communities to identify threats to these natural assets and to plan for improving their condition for the benefit of all Queenslanders.
Queensland’s NRM sector delivers projects across the entire spectrum of land and water management. With each of the 12 regional NRM organisations in the state guided by a regional NRM plan developed in partnership with the people who live and work in our regions. These plans document community aspirations for sustainable land and water management and guide investment in projects that will improve biodiversity and ensure food security, a thriving economy and resilience to natural disasters.
Water is a central theme for each of us as we work to improve downstream water quality and reduce sediment loads in our rivers and creeks, and ultimately into the ocean. We work with farmers and land managers to help them retain as much water and soil as possible on-farm and to slow the flow and reduce erosion and soil loss.
We support these land managers to be more resilient to drought through sustainable irrigation and grazing practices, we work to improve the quality and flow of surface water overland and in waterways, and many of our projects achieve positive groundwater outcomes, and improved water visibility which supports marine and tourism industries.
We are trusted from paddock to Parliament. With more than two decades experience making a difference on the ground, our outcomes reflect the strong relationships we have with governments at all levels, Traditional Owners and First Nations people, and the science, agriculture, and conservation sectors.
In 2020, NRM Regions Queensland summarised how the NRM sector was supporting the water resource goals of the Queensland Government.
Desert Channels is one of 12 regional NRM organisations in Queensland. DCQ works to ensure a sustainable social, economic and environmental future for the Queensland section of Lake Eyre Basin. The region includes the Georgina and Diamantina and the Cooper Creek Water Plan areas.
Our land, Our Water, Our Future is DCQ’s Natural Resource Management plan. The community has said that by 2050 it wants the region’s water resources and aquatic ecosystems to remain in good health for the benefit of the whole community.
DCQ is also working to maintain the quantity and quality of surface water, improve knowledge and management of important wetlands, permanent waterholes and high priority artesian springs and improve knowledge and management of groundwater.
Download the brochure ‘Managing water for food & fibre and resilient communities’ here.