Southern Queensland’s landscapes are no strangers to drought, but across the region, a powerful collaboration is reshaping how communities prepare for and thrive through dry times.
Four Natural Resource Management (NRM) organisations – Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG), Healthy Land and Water (HLW), Southern Queensland Landscapes (SQ Landscapes) and Desert Channels Queensland (DCQ) – are working on a shared mission: to strengthen drought resilience by combining science, on‑ground action, innovative tools, and local knowledge, with the support of the SQNNSW Innovation Hub. This cross‑regional effort is equipping farmers, graziers, and communities with the resources they need to plan ahead, protect natural assets, and maintain productivity.
"Co-funded with the groups themselves, this $1m SQNNSW Innovation Hub investment will create outcomes right across our Queensland region," Hub Director Bruce McConnel says.
"This investment is a key project for the SQNNSW Innovation Hub. It allows for coordinated projects right across our Queensland footprint, and bridges the gap between natural resource management, and production activities of our regional farmers."
By bringing together local knowledge, scientific insight, innovative tools, and community‑driven learning, these projects are creating solutions that are practical, scalable, and designed to stand the test of time.
The project also includes workshops and the development of Natural Capital indicators, with expertise from the University of Southern Queensland, to help land managers understand and invest in the resilience of the landscapes they depend on.
Read the full article, including project details, here: https://www.unisq.edu.au/research/sqnnsw-hub/blogs/nrm-drought-2026.
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