NQ Dry Tropics, Queensland
NQ Dry Tropics (NQDT), funded through WWF-Australia’s Indigenous Fire Management Program, are working with the NQDT Traditional Owner Management Group in partnership between the region’s Traditional Owners, graziers, Indigenous ranger groups, Rural Fire Service and Firesticks Alliance to rebuild cultural fire management knowledge and practice.
Alongside grazing land management, the co-benefits from the project include building regional community capability, recognising and celebrating Indigenous knowledge and connection to Country, reducing bushfire risk and improving drought resilience, and Indigenous employment opportunities on Country.
“This project has been years in the making and is the result of lots of hard work and persistence from members of the NQ Dry Tropics Traditional Owner Management Group.” said Dr Janine Gertz (Gugu Badhun Traditional Owner).
