Structurally complex fish habitats and coral reefs are in a state of steady decline, with much of the damage to high-quality habitat caused by human activity. Along the east coast of Australia, hard, vertical relief habitats such as oyster reefs, sub-tidal coral reefs and rocky outcrop reefs have … [Read more...]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation funding
Catchment Solutions has successfully secured funding for Project Catalyst from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to work with sugar cane farmers across the Mackay Whitsundays, Dry Tropics and Wet Tropics regions in north Queensland. The project supports a network of cane farmers and agronomy … [Read more...]
Landholders working to reduce sediment reaching the Great Barrier Reef
Funds available to rehabilitate gullies and stream banks in the lower Fitzroy region. The Fitzroy River catchment is the largest river system on the east coast of Australia and the largest draining to the Great Barrier Reef. The lower Fitzroy tributaries, such as Ten Mile Creek and Louisa Creek … [Read more...]
Capturing innovation for the reef
With the spotlight still firmly on the health of the iconic Great Barrier Reef, Project Catalyst continues to be a beacon of hope to those striving to reduce nutrient runoff. From humble beginnings with 19 sugarcane growers in 2009, 78 families from Mackay to Cairns are inspiring their peers and … [Read more...]
Sugarcane farmers the ‘Game Changer’ for our reef
Shared learning to encourage wider adoption of on-farm practice change Farmers are using radio transmitters to better protect the Great Barrier Reef whilst reducing their own costs. The transmitters and moisture probes which turn irrigation off at precisely the right moment to reduce runoff, … [Read more...]