Reviving Native Habitat in QLD

Reviving
native
habitat
in QLD

Sitting on ancient land within Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef catchment area, this Catchment Conservation Alliance project is regenerating 2,300 hectares of native forest on land that’s historically been cleared for pasture. These days Eucalypt and Acacia trees are flourishing, providing shade for cattle and a thriving habitat for native wildlife including bearded dragons, blue-tongue lizards, galahs and wallabies. What’s more, by improving water retention on the land and reducing top-soil runoff, this project also directly improves water quality flowing to the Great Barrier Reef.

WHY THIS PROJECT?

We're passionate about building an Australia that isn’t just surviving, but thriving.
Like much of Central Queensland, this project area had been subjected to regular chemical and mechanical clearing over the years to improve pasture quality. We've chosen this project to support the farmers as they work to transform their traditional cattle grazing pasture into a healthier landscape with more trees and natural habitat, which in turn creates a more productive and healthy landscape for the cattle.
The great thing about using natural methods to capture carbon is that they don't just improve the land, they also create a healthier ecosystem. The region that hosts this project is renowned for its ecological diversity and rich cultural heritage. As part of the important Great Barrier Reef catchment, it provides habitat for more than half of Australia’s bird species. With more than 7,500 of its flora and fauna species classified as rare, threatened or endangered, this project plays an important role in keeping an essential ecosystem thriving for plants and animals alike.

HOW IT WORKS

This project uses the Human Induced Regeneration (HIR) method to capture carbon by changing land management practices. Land managers enable the regeneration of native forest and vegetation by changing the way livestock grazes in the project areas, managing the number of feral animals and weeds in the area, and halting the use of mechanical or chemical destruction of natural regrowth.

PROJECT BENEFITS

✔ Captures carbon from the atmosphere and stores it in the earth

✔ Promotes flora and fauna biodiversity

✔ Improves water quality for the Great Barrier Reef

✔ Improves water retention within the soil

✔ Increases land productivity, with healthier, happier livestock

Methodology	Human Induced Regeneration of a Permanent Even-Aged Forest 1.1 methodology (2016)
Registered ID	ERF115336
Date Registered	July 2017
Permanence	25 years
Location	Monto, Central Queensland

Through this project we directly contribute to three of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. These include:

	Goal 13 – Climate Action By storing carbon this project takes action to combat climate change and its impacts, supporting food security and production, terrestrial and wetland ecosystems and freshwater resources.
	Goal 14 – Life below water With reduced topsoil runoff, this project contributes to cleaner waterways, with a positive impact on the biodiversity of regional rivers, lakes and seas.
	Goal 15 – Life on land This project protects, restores and promotes sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems to halt and reverse land degradation and prevent biodiversity loss.

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