General News
23 October, 2024
LNP ticks green boxes
AN LNP government would double funding allocated to Natural Resource Management (NRM) organisations across Queensland, including Terrain NRM in Far North Queensland.
The $117.84 million in statewide funding will support key projects focused on climate adaptation, disaster resilience, biosecurity, halting the decline of Queensland’s threatened species, and supporting Indigenous stewardship.
LNP’s environment spokesman Sam O’Connor said the NRM funding would strengthen the resilience of Far North Queensland’s unique environment.
“Queensland’s Natural Resource Management organisations play a critical role in delivering practical solutions for managing land, soil, water, and biodiversity,” he said.
“The LNP will empower Far North Queensland communities to deliver on-the-ground solutions to local environmental challenges.
“The LNP is committed to investing in conservation and biosecurity, supporting local NRM organisations to deliver real outcomes for regional communities.”
LNP candidate for Barron River Bree James said the commitment was part of the LNP’s ‘Right Plan for Queensland’s Future’.
“The LNP’s funding will support organisations with deep local knowledge and experience, to preserve our precious natural environment in the Far North,” she said. “NRM organisations play a key role in protecting Queensland’s environment, including biodiversity hotspots in our region.
“Organisations like Terrain NRM in Far North Queensland have built a wealth of knowledge about the local environment and are well-positioned to take practical action to safeguard our region’s natural beauty.”
The funding pledge was welcomed by Fiona Barron of Terrain NRM, Zoe Williams of Gulf Savannah NRM and Pip Schroor of Cape York NRM who attended a media conference at the Savina family cane farm at Freshwater, hailed as an example of good environmental practices.
Ms Williams said the funding would help restore Four Mile Scrub in the Gulf which was ravaged by Black Summer bushfires.
She said the regrowth included vast swathes of weed incursion.
The funding would enable workers to remove the weeds and restore the ecosystem, Ms Williams said.
