Our health is dependent on the health of Country – ‘1 week to go until #HEAL2024’
To improve our health and health of future generations, we need to treat our environment with much more care than what we are currently doing, says A/Prof Veronica Matthews, HEAL 2024 Co-Chair
This morning Enviro Minister @tanya_plibersek and Reef Envoy @nitagreenqld visited Townsville Town Common, on Wulgurukaba Country, where a new NQ Dry Tropics project will improve the health of freshwater wetlands that provide important wader bird habitat.
Released today: The annual health check for the Wet Tropics region's 9 catchments and 8 estuaries, plus inshore and offshore marine areas.
Find out all the results, by district, here: https://t.co/jqY7M7Hkje
@DCCEEW@QldEnvironment@QWaLC#wettropics#waterquality#waterways
📣💰Exciting new $300,000 Landcare Australia Community Grants program opens today!
🎯Applications close Friday 20 September 2024. Apply today!
To find out the deets – click here 👉🏽https://t.co/9upZdk9Rpb
Celebrating #Landcareweek2024! Winner of the Australian Government Community Partnerships Landcare Award - Russell Family Park (RFP) BushCare Group. Read their story https://t.co/h5pLPN36OQ #queensland#landcare
Celebrating #Landcareweek2024! Winner of the Woolworths Junior Landcare Award - Butchers Creek State School. Read their story https://t.co/h5pLPN36OQ #queensland#landcare
Fun fact: There's more than 6000 groups and 100,000 volunteers with landcare projects focused on sustainable land management practices & environmental conservation in Australia.
We salute all involved in Landcare while acknowledging Landcare Week 2024.
#landcareisforeveryone
Landcare Australia celebrates 35 years in 2024! Join us in recognising the incredible individuals driving positive environmental change. Meet Kurt Jones, founder of Co-Exist Australia, a youth-led non-profit inspiring the next generation in conservation with clean-ups and more.
We’re delighted to be relaunching Landcare in Focus in 2024 – this time as a digital-only magazine.
This is your opportunity to share information about your groups’ activities, project. For more information and how to contribute, visit https://t.co/jBlz15QkVy
We're excited to introduce Lisa Millar, co-host of ABC News Breakfast, as one of our keynotes at the AgForce Qld Agriculture Industry Conference coming up on 1-2 October in Brisbane! 👏 📣
Register now: https://t.co/dLA1rmZNV5
#everyfamilyneedsafarmer#cattle#sheep#grains
DON’T FORGET
Abstract submission closes 2 July 2024
Submit your abstract now via the portal on the website!- https://t.co/t9QyhpXdug
#irc2025#rangelandcongress#ircaus
Nurturing Nature: Cultivating Culture is our $196.4 million plan for improving QLD's natural resources. With a focus on regional communities, we have a plan to revitalise Country and Culture & safeguard biodiversity, agriculture and human health.
More: https://t.co/JS6n85kgIk
Concerns have been raised that feral pigs are behind a decline in the freshwater turtle population of the Gulf. In partnership with Tagalaka Traditional Owners, @GulfNrm has set out to investigate.
https://t.co/iFvILgcB2l
Check out my blog post #3 "Weed-detecting dog on the field trip at Tasmanian Community Landcare Conference 2023" (15 Oct, 2023)
https://t.co/xazxVeY02z
#newblogpost#Landcare
Happy World Environment Day!
This year's theme is land restoration, and we want to give a big shoutout to Landcare Australia's restoration team for their dedication to protecting, enhancing, and improving our natural land and water assets.
The Reef Water Quality Report Card 2021 & 2022 has been released by the Aus & Qld govs. Modelling showed the Burdekin catchment recorded the greatest reduction (3%) in dissolved inorganic nitrogen due to the adoption of improved practices in sugarcane. https://t.co/GkDBnN0xyY