Herbert Integrated Project
2024-2028 Focus: Co-design and delivery of a place-based project with the community Catchment: Herbert Investment: $2 million Funder: Queensland Government Delivery partners: Terrain NRM
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There’s many people and groups around the region working
to improve reef and waterway health. We think their work
should be celebrated. We’re committed to telling their
stories and hope that it sparks important conversations.
Reef Trust Reef Water Quality Strategy
2024-2025 Focus: Development of a regional strategy to guide investment Catchment: All Investment: $1 million Funder: Australian Government Delivery partners: Terrain NRM
Reef Trust Sediment Reduction Project
2024-2030 Focus: Remediation of high priority erosion sites Catchment: All Investment: $31 million Funder: Australian Government Delivery partners: Terrain NRM
Upper Herbert Sediment Reduction Project
Focus: Reduction of fine sediment runoff from erosion Catchment: Herbert catchment Investment: $3.25 million Funder: Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Australian Government's Reef Trust Delivery partners: Terrain NRM
Daintree Wetlands Project
2024-2026 Focus: Remediation of eroded riverbank Catchment: Daintree catchment Investment: $2 million Funder: Australian Government Delivery partners: Terrain NRM
Traditional Owner Projects
Focus: Range of activities including water quality monitoring, wetlands restoration and preserving cultural knowledge Catchment: Several Funder: Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Australian Government's Reef Trust Delivery partners: 14 Traditional Owner groups
End of WTSIP
After the end of Reef Trust III and the GBRF extension in Nov 2020, the WTSIP (Wet Tropics Sugar Industry Partnership) partners agreed to end their arrangement since GBRF's investment strategy is focused on catchment by catchment projects rather than a collaborative regional approach.
Russell-Mulgrave Water Quality Project
2021-2024 Focus: Reduction in DIN runoff from cane farms Catchments: Russell-Mulgrave catchment Investment: $6.2 million Funder: Great Barrier Reef Foundation & Australian Government's Reef Trust Delivery Partners: Reef & Rainforest Research Centre (RRRC) and Canegrowers Cairns
Wet Tropics Sugar Industry Partnership
The Wet Tropics Sugar Industry Partnership was expanded in 2016 to include all 17 organisations in the oversight and delivery of the Reef Trust 3 cane targets. This was in response to the GBR Water Science Taskforce recommendation for greater coordination and collaboration across reef projects. Read more
Reef Assist
Reef Assist 2020-2021 Focus: Boost in jobs and rural economic activity through investment in on-ground projects such as riparian revegetation. Catchments: Mossman, Russell-Mulgrave, Johnstone, Tully Funder: Queensland Government (OGBR) Investment: $4 million Delivery Partners: Wet Tropics Management Authority, Terrain NRM (Johnstone Landcare & JRCMA), Douglas Shire Council, Jarragun
