our community

With the help of the community, we developed a natural resource management plan, Protecting our Assets, for the Desert Channels Queensland region. 

This is the plan of the DCQ community, the issues they have identified as being important, and the actions they will take to sustainably manage the natural resources of their region. The issues and actions identified in the plan carry across into our regional investment strategy, a document that guides the investment in the sustainable management of the region's natural resources.  

In addition to the plan, a regional investment strategy, Powering our Actions has been developed. It details the investments required to implement the actions identified in the plan.

DCQ has also developed a Community Information Paper that provides information about issues relating to current and future natural resource management issues in our region. The paper provides access to a wide range of useful information for the community to help support Protecting our Assets.

The six highest-ranking issues identified by the community (in order of priority):

• Weeds/feral animals
• Vegetation management
• Grazing pressure/Pasture management/Safe carrying capacity
• Surface water management
• Land degradation
• Viability/economics

Other issues identified by the community were (in alphabetical order):

•  Biodiversity Conservation / Endangered Species
• Chemical Contamination / Waste Management / Pollution
• Climate Risk and Drought
• Diversification
• Education / Awareness
• Great Artesian Basin
• Indigenous Land Management
• Lack of data
• Mining and Petroleum
• Property Management Practices / Planning
• Salinity
• Security of Tenure
• Streamline Ecology
• Tourism
• Wildlife use / harvesting