The State Government has announced it will match a Commonwealth funding injection of almost $2 million for the State’s important wetlands.
Acting Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Annastacia Palaszczuk welcomed continuation of the Commonwealth-State Queensland Wetlands Program.
“The Queensland Wetlands Program is a conservation winner and a world leader in promoting the sustainable use of wetlands,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
She said it had been a successful partnership that was critical to wetland protection.
State meets Feds $1 for $1
“In addition to matching funding, the Government will continue to fund a wetland management team that will provide a substantial level of ‘in-kind’ investment to drive the Queensland Wetlands Program,” she said.
“The program has already recorded some important wins, having developed world class maps of wetland extent and significance, created new planning tools to manage wetlands sustainably, and made all its information available for free through a website called WetlandInfo.”
She said no other State had mapped wetlands at such a scale over an area the size of Queensland.
“The Program has developed a new way of understanding the role and function of wetlands with its range of conceptual models for wetlands,” the Minister said.
Future work under the program would include support for the management of Queensland’s internationally listed wetlands; encouragement of community engagement, education and awareness of wetland issues; improvement of mapping Queensland’s wetlands; support for agricultural industries to work in harmony with wetland management and further research into the contribution Queensland’s wetlands make to migratory bird habitat.
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