Productive partnerships for wetland management

The condition of 27 wetlands in the Burnett Mary region has been improved under a partnership with Australia’s leading not for profit wetland conservation organisation.

WetlandCare Australia works to improve wetlands by building the capacity of the community while working in strategic partnerships with governments, industry and business.

Since 2008, WetlandCare Australia has been working in partnership with the Burnett Mary Regional Group undertaking wetland rehabilitation, raising awareness, and forging multi-partnered approaches to wetland management within the region. As part of this program, seventeen of forty-two regionally prioritised wetland systems have had significant on-ground works undertaken to improve their ecological health. Additionally, another ten wetland projects have been undertaken, including key rehabilitation works and building of strong partnerships within the region.

More recently this work has been further enhanced through implementation of the Regional Biopass Strategy and the renewal of the Coastal Water Quality Alliance.

Together BMRG and WetlandCare Australia offers a host of services, including:
• Land and water management advice and support,
• Community environmental education and extension,
• Assessment and prioritisation of wetlands for action at local, regional and state scales,
• Preparation of detailed management plans and design and costing of land and water rehabilitation works,
• Supervision and monitoring of on-ground works,
• Public consultation and awareness raising services, workshops and regional forums, and;
• Professional consultancies in wetland assessment and management planning

It’s a great example of positive partnerships in action.

For further information, please contact Rachael Nasplezes, Regional Co-ordinator,
WetlandCare Australia, phone 07 4181 2999 Ext.108 or email rachael.nasplezes@bmrg.org.au


  
 

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