Nature refuges
- The Nature Refuges Program
- NatureAssist funding
- Nature refuges and the Delbessie Agreement
- Nature refuges partnerships
The Nature Refuges Program
Do you want recognition for your sustainable land management practices, now and into the future?
Landholders play an integral role in protecting the state's biodiversity by establishing nature refuges on their property. A nature refuge is an area of land voluntarily dedicated and protected for conservation purposes while allowing compatible and sustainable land uses to continue. More>>
NatureAssist funding
Do you want financial assistance for the on-ground management of your property's conservation values?
NatureAssist is the innovative financial incentive scheme of the Nature Refuges Program giving Queensland landholders assistance to protect and manage the conservation values of their land.
NatureAssist is a competitive process under which the landholder is invited to tender for funding. More>>
Nature refuges and the Delbessie Agreement
Do you want to increase the term of your lease and improve your business certainty?
The Delbessie Agreement (State Rural Leasehold Land Strategy) provides a framework for the sustainable use of rural leasehold land. The Agreement links the protection of conservation values - such as through the establishment of nature refuges - to an extension of the term of a lease. More>>
Nature refuges partnerships
Do you want to become a Nature Refuges Program partner?
Working together to secure an environmentally sustainable future is crucial to the success of the Nature Refuges Program. Many community groups, non-government organisations, regional natural resource management groups and commercial entities are forming partnerships to help in the effective promotion and delivery of the Nature Refuges Program and sustainable land management practices. More>>
Last updated: 20 February 2009