Burdekin Dry Tropics Region Natural Resource Management NRM Plan Status Report 2022 | Page 2

Caring for Country

We acknowledge , recognise , and celebrate the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have in caring for Country . We respect the enduring spiritual and physical connection to Country , and value the importance and diversity of the knowledge and understanding of Traditional Owners , which is based on a history of more than 60,000 years .

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Indigenous Protected Area

More than 4 million ha

with Native Title finalised ( nearly 30 % of the region )

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State and Commonwealth-funded ranger programs

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Indigenous corporations undertaking NRM work

Effectively managing our resources

More than 26,000ha

of sugar cane management practice improvements

More than 450,000ha

of improved grazing and gully management

More than $ 9 million

invested in carbon projects through the Land Restoration Fund

More than $ 15 million

invested in NRM by State and Commonwealth Governments

Looking after our landscapes

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critically endangered species , 23 endangered species , and 47 vulnerable species

Critical

World Heritage outlook for the Great Barrier Reef . Wet Tropics outlook - significant concern

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councils participating in the Regional Pest Management Group

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restricted invasive animal species including 8 mammals , 2 fish and 1 insect

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threatened ecological communities

244ha of natural wetlands lost

7296ha of riparian extent lost

280

weed species ( 18 of national significance )