GOVERNANCE
A new way of managing
natural resources
NQ Dry Tropics’ Landholders Driving Change project is
trialling a new way to deliver a suite of interventions and
management efforts to improve water quality and long-term
sustainable land management in the BBB.
For the first time, a p oject at this scale is working with a
whole community to achieve long-term economic, social and
environmental benefits
Graziers have been involved from the start and they helped
develop the project design. LDC combines graziers’
knowledge with the latest scientific esearch, trialling and
developing solutions to remove the social, financial, and
technical barriers to practice change.
And because land management and tackling erosion isn’t
just an issue for graziers, the LDC project is working with
all land managers in the BBB, including mines, utilities and
government departments. It is also working alongside and
supporting other local projects.
Grazier Bristow Hughes (left), of Strathalbyn Station,
CSIRO’s Christian Roth (middle), and NQ Dry Tropics CEO
Scott Crawford (right) on-site at Strathalbyn.
The LDC model
– DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY
AND GETTING RESULTS
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Governance
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Other Land
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Unprecedented levels of interest,
engagement and participation by
all land managers (grazing, local
government, mining, infrastructure
and utility organisations).
• Grassroots design developed by
locals for local needs. • Community-led co-governance
model. • Strong delivery framework
(process, partnerships, capacity). • • Strong partnerships between
community, scientists, government
and industry. A mix of activities that works and
is delivering results.
• Integration with other initiatives
and services.
• Sophisticated monitoring and
evaluation framework.
• Explicit focus on transferability
and scalability. An increasing sense
of community responsibility for
good land stewardship
• Trust.