Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM Plan July 2016 | Page 14

7 BURDEKIN DRY TROPICS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016-2026

~ 146,000 square kilometre area( 8 % of Queensland)

Diverse land use

PART A: REGIONAL SCENE SETTING

16 Traditional Owner Groups

> 90 % of region grazing land

~ 0.8 % of region sugarcane land( 1 / 4 of Australia’ s total annual cane supply)

~ 240,000 people live in the region

< 1 % of region forestry land