The Cape York Wetlands and Native Vegetation Resilience project brings together land managers, Traditional Owners, Indigenous ranger groups and partners to deliver coordinated, landscape-scale control of priority threats, particularly Gamba grass.
Gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus) is one of Cape York’s most invasive weeds. It rapidly outcompetes native vegetation, forming dense tussocks and has the potential to drive intense, late-season wildfires due to extremely high fuel loads. This poses significant risks to biodiversity, communities and property.
By June 2028, the work under the project aims to have improved the condition of 10,000 hectares of wetlands and 10,000 hectares of native vegetation. The project is funded under the Queensland Government’s Natural Resource Management Expansion Program.
