COMPLEMENTARY PROJECT ACTIVITIES
The NQ Dry Tropics Landholders Driving Change( LDC) project allocated funding to each property for the completion of paddock subdivisions and improvements in water point distribution, as well as co-funded field events.
This initiative was made possible through a partnership between the Australian Government’ s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, as well as the Queensland Government through the Queensland Reef Water Quality Program.
Additionally, the NQ Dry Tropics Stomping Out Sediment in the Burdekin project provided co-funding for field events and training, with support from the Australian Government’ s Reef Trust Phase IV.
Furthermore, CSIRO, funded by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation( GBRF), conducted a two-year research project( 2020-2021) on two properties involved in the PDS project.
The findings of this research were published in a paper titled“ Do regenerative grazing management practices improve vegetation and soil health in grazed rangelands? Preliminary insights from a space-fortime study in the Great Barrier Reef catchments, Australia”, January 2023( Bartley R et al. 2023, The Rangeland Journal).
COLLINSVILLE REGION REGENERATIVE GRAZIER NETWORK PRODUCER DEMONSTRATION SITE( PDS)
NQ Dry Tropics ' Landholders Driving Change( LDC) project successfully secured funding from Meat & Livestock Australia( MLA) to establish two Producer Demonstration Sites( PDS). One of these sites focused on showcasing productive and regenerative grazing practices in the Burdekin region over a five-year period.
MLA, in collaboration with LDC, provided the producer-led demonstration sites with facilitation, extension services, monitoring and evaluation of on-farm practice changes, as well as communication and reporting support to oversee the demonstration process.
A key outcome of a PDS is to encourage producers to adopt the demonstrated management practices, leading to improved business performance.
Aerial photo of Glenalpine Station.