Growers and industry partners from the pineapple industry joined together on the Sunshine Coast recently for the pineapple industry’s annual event – Pineapple Field Days.

Lene Knudsen from Healthy Land & Water's Sustainable Agriculture team and SEQ Node Manager attended the event where innovation and trial work were on the agenda as well as tours of the Sunshine Coast pineapple farms.

New research reveals how psychology can get people to care more about our environment. By exploring individual values, personality traits, and psychological distance, scientists begin to hone in on what motivates people to protect nature.

It turns out, boosting our connections to nature through better access, encouraging collective action, and spreading a little optimism could spark real change, from backyard habits to global impact.

As extreme wet seasons become more frequent, the damage caused by floodwaters is becoming a familiar reality for land managers across South East Queensland. Whether the damage is large or small, documenting the impact to the land after a high-flow event is crucial.

Water security is essential to our quality of life, and with growing community needs, protecting raw source water from contamination is more important than ever. That’s where the Mid Brisbane Rivercare Program comes in. Thanks to Seqwater’s investments, this program combines local landholder knowledge with Healthy Land & Water’s environmental engineering expertise to tackle water quality issues through direct, effective action on private properties.

Read on to find out more about how this program is helping the Mid Brisbane catchment.

Healthy Land & Water’s Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium (QFBC) is working with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) to help Queensland communities become more bushfire resilient and maintain a healthy environment.

Five years after the devastating Black Summer bushfires of 2019–2020, Queensland flora and fauna species are still slowly recovering. In collaboration with the Australian Government and various dedicated groups, we’re doing a pulse check on various wildlife species that were affected by these bushfires.