Delivering Regional Landcare Partnership Services to achieve environmental outcomes.
The program is made of multiple services to be delivered, including specific initiatives aimed at achieving environmental outcomes by the end of the 5-year program.
Healthy Land & Water is responsible for the delivery of the Regional Land Partnerships (RLP) component of the National Landcare Program in South East Queensland. Starting back in 2018, the program, focused on national priorities, is carried out over five years and is made up of three main components.
The environmental stream focuses on Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES), world heritage areas, Ramsar Wetlands, threatened species, threatened ecological communities, and migratory species.
The outcomes for the environmental stream include restoration and reduction in threats to the ecological character of Ramsar Sites, implementation of priority actions, invasive species management to reduce threats to the natural heritage, implementation of priority actions to improve EPBC Act listed Threatened Ecological Communities and more.
The program focuses on:
The program includes multiple projects all driven to deliver and achieve environmental outcomes on different levels.
These projects and activities deliver environmental services for the SEQ Management Unit under the RLP Program: Ramsar services, threatened species services, World Heritage services, and threatened Ecological Communities services to achieve specific environmental outcomes.
The process of achieving those outcomes involves:
As a result of the program, many activities to achieve environmental outcomes are being delivered:
In August 2018, Healthy Land & Water was contracted as the deliverer for the South East Queensland (SEQ) Management Unit under the Regional Land Partnerships (RLP) component of the National Landcare Program’s second phase. The Regional Land Partnerships (RLP) Program is a core component of the Government's $1 billion investment under Phase 2 of its National Landcare Program. This program aims to address key threatening processes to the Moreton Bay Ramsar site and its threatened species by controlling pests and domestic animals, improving ecological fire regimes, reducing weeds reducing impacts from vehicles/pedestrians, reducing sediment run-off, removing marine debris, and improving habitat through revegetation and the creation of aquatic habitats. Projects delivered under the RLP focus on recovering vulnerable ecological communities, protecting threatened species, and reducing threats to our globally significant wetlands. Additionally, the RLP includes sustainable agricultural projects to improve soil quality, assist farmers in adapting to climate change, and respond to evolving market demands. |
There is huge potential to build on the successful work.
This program is funded but the Australian Government National Landcare Program and delivered in collaboration with landowners, managers, local Landcare groups, and Traditional Owners.