Southern Queensland Landscapes
Flourishing Together
Southern Queensland Landscapes coordinate, connect, and engage with landholders, community groups, First Nations people and others to learn from each other and work collaboratively to ensure flourishing landscapes and healthy communities.
Our mission is to support landholders in understanding their landscapes, adapting to challenges and becoming excellent stewards of their country. Our dedicated team attracts investment, drives innovation, and develops sustainable agriculture solutions that balance biodiversity, waterway, and landscape health. We have been engaged by various organisations including the Australian and Queensland Governments, to deliver projects across our region and beyond.
Current Projects
Our organisation has been established with a vision and commitment to achieve flourishing landscapes in Southern Queensland, and our projects reflect this commitment. This vision is inclusive of both the natural assets and the communities who live and work on the land.
Natural Resource Recovery Program
The Natural Resource Recovery Program aims to revitalise 396,000 hectares of the southern Queensland landscape, focusing on three catchment areas: Bulloo, Warrego, and Maranoa Balonne. These regions are crucial for environmental and agricultural sustainability but face significant threats due to landscape degradation.
Protecting the Brigalow Belt in Southern Qld
This project aims to improve the quality of remnant, fragmented Brigalow habitats in Southern Qld. The project will support work on both public and private land through land management activities including fencing, weed management, pest management, appropriate fire regimes and erosion repair.
Protecting the Coolibah-Black Box in Southern Qld
This project aims to improve the quality of remnant, fragmented Coolibah-Black Box and Poplar Box Grassy woodland habitats in Southern Qld. The project will support work through land management activities including fencing, weed management, pest management, appropriate fire regimes and erosion repair.
Fish Friendly Water Extraction Project
SQ Landscapes is delivering the Fish-Friendly Water Extraction Project within the northern Murray-Darling Basin. This project is transforming water management protocols through the installation of cutting-edge fish screens on water extractions, including irrigation pumps.
Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator
The Sustainable Agricultural Facilitator (known simply as a ‘SAF’) works with farmers, landholders, community groups, and agriculture industries across Southern Queensland to support the uptake of climate-smart, sustainable agriculture practices.
Researching Koala's in the Rangelands
The Australian Government funded Researching Koalas in the Rangelands project is a $200,000 investment to support research, knowledge sharing and on-ground works in Western Queensland. The project is aimed at the continued conservation of the koala, which was listed as Endangered in Queensland in 2022.
Wild Dogs Impact and Management
Southern Queensland Landscapes are conducting a survey to gather feedback from landholders regarding the presence and impact of wild dogs on their properties. The survey seeks to understand the required effort that landholders have made over the past year to manage these pests. The purpose of this survey is to ensure that the limited resources available for wild dog management are directed towards the most effective strategies.
Protecting the Currawinya Ramsar Wetlands
This project aims to reduce key threats to the Currawinya Ramsar site and contributory wetlands and priority areas of the Eulo Supergroup of the Community of Native Species Dependent on the Natural Springs while building resilience to climate change and extreme events. It is a $2 million dollar investment from the Australian Government through the Natural Heritage Trust – Panel of Regional Delivery Partners program.
Wandhala Drone Project
The project aims to uplift digital capability within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses, organisations and communities to leverage employment and economic development opportunities through use of drones, to deliver cultural and environmental monitoring and assessment services within the renewable energy supply chain.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge, respect and learn from the First Peoples of the 28 Nations in Southern Queensland Landscapes area, and further afield. We pay our respects to the Elders, past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, traditions, culture, science, knowledge, and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across our nation.
OUR PURPOSE
To improve the lives of people in regional communities now and for the future.
OUR VISION
Communities united by sustainable practices, enabled by science and technology, and supported by First Nations' knowledge, to improve all life.
OUR MISSION
Connecting and supporting communities to take care of landscapes.
BELIEFS AND VALUES
We believe:
- Our independence and objectivity are essential for us to work ethically and achieve results
- In always balancing the three pillars of sustainability:
- Social
- Environmental
- Economic
- First Nations people hold knowledge about our landscapes that contribute to our lifelong learning about the land
- In caring for our Country
- That all people, our employees, our Board, our communities, and all those we interact with add value through their contributions.
Our values:
- Demonstrating empathy
- Being credible
- Building community
- Taking responsible action
- Thinking future impact