Daintree Wetlands Project
2024-2026 Focus: Remediation of eroded riverbank Catchment: Daintree catchment Investment: $2 million Funder: Australian Government Delivery partners: Terrain NRM
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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 2020-2026 Focus: Environmental projects and regional jobs Catchments: All Funder: Queensland Government Investment: $13.4 million Delivery Partners: Wet Tropics Management Authority, Local Councils, NRM's, various Indigenous and community organisations
Reef Aid Projects
Figtree Lagoon/Palm Creek 2017-2021 Focus: Restore priority wetlands adjacent to the reef to improve coastal ecosystem ecological processes and connectivity Catchments: Russell-Mulgrave, Herbert Funder: Australian Government through Reef Trust Phase 5 and Greening Australia's Reef Aid Investment: $10 million Delivery Partners: Greening Australia and Mulgrave Landcare
Reef Credits
Reef Credits was launched in June 2018 by Green Collar, Terrain NRM, Dry Tropics NRM and the Queensland Government. It is Australia's first market-based system for paying landholders to make changes to reduce nutrient, pesticide and sediment runoff to the Reef. Listen to our Reef & Rivers podcast for more information.
Cane to Creek 2.0
Cane to Creek 2.0 2019-2022 Focus: Assisting cane growers to achieve nutrient management best practice Catchments: Russell-Mulgrave, Mossman, Johnstone, Murray, Herbert Funder: Reef Trust Partnership (Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Australian Government) Investment: $2.2 million Delivery Partner: SRA
Cane to Creek Project
Cane to Creek 2016-2019 Focus: Assisting cane growers to achieve nutrient management best practice Catchments: Russell-Mulgrave Funder: Queensland Government Delivery Partner: SRA
