Phase two Bushfire Recovery Project: Fire Management - Phase 2
Bushfire recovery project to build the capacity and resilience of bushfire-affected communities.
Integrating cultural heritage considerations and fire management on Bribie Island in consultation with local Traditional Owner groups.Phase Two Bushfire Recovery Project: Fire Management is designed to build the capacity and resilience of bushfire-affected communities to protect and conserve the Outstanding Universal Values of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area and/or priority threatened species and ecological communities.
Fire management planning and actions are being delivered to private land managers in the Noosa River catchment and Carneys Creek and Rosevale-Tarome areas in the Scenic Rim. Activities include the construction of new and/or improved fire lines and breaks, fuel load reduction works, installation of a fire control infrastructure, asset protection zones, and defined prescribed burn areas.
The project focuses on:
- Building the awareness, confidence, and capacity of 2019 bushfire-affected communities.
- Engaging land managers from 26 properties in the Gondwana World Heritage Rainforests (Border Ranges and Main Range areas) and Noosa River catchment to adopt land management practices that promote strategic wildfire mitigation and support conservation values.
What we did
Crofton weed (Ageratina adenophora) taking advantage of fire-damaged tree canopies in Main Range National Park.
This fire project, involves:
- Building the capacity and resilience of 2019 bushfire-affected communities to protect and enhance areas of ecological importance.
- Building collaboration between governments, local communities, land managers, and Traditional Owners to improve conservation, hazard reduction, and cultural heritage outcomes
Measuring success
As a result, of this project, the following will be achieved:
Improve community and land manager capacity to mitigate wildfire and support conservation values through:
- Fire management actions across approximately 850 ha.
- Improved land management practices over approximately 5700 ha.
- Development of at least 26 fire management plans for private landholders.
Improve collaboration on fire management through:
- Ten community/stakeholder engagement events, including Fire Information Nights and Property Fire Management Planning workshops.
- Engagement with more than 36 community groups (landholders, farmers, Traditional Owners).
- Development of one sub-catchment fire management plan.
Improve conservation of natural heritage and priority threatened species and ecological communities through:
- Enhancing the recovery and resilience of fire-affected priority species, ecological communities, and other natural assets within the regions impacted by the 2019-20 bushfires.
Why this project is important
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Main Range and Border Ranges National Parks are part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, which is listed as a World Heritage Area with Outstanding Universal Values. These parks were severely affected by the 2019 bushfires, which consumed almost 70% of Main Range National Park. The Noosa River catchment contains several protected areas, including the Great Sandy, Tewantin, and Noosa National Parks, and forms part of the Noosa UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. This project delivers restoration, mapping, and capacity-building activities to support the recovery of these sensitive ecosystems and increase the capacity of land managers to mitigate wildfires. |
Project snapshot
| Project name: | Phase Two Bushfire Recovery Project: Fire Management |
| Project manager: | Dr Diana Partridge, Healthy Land & Water |
| Region: | South East Queensland |
| Timing: | 2020 - 2023 |
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This project is supported by Healthy Land & Water, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. |
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Project collaborators
This project is supported by Healthy Land & Water, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.
Other key project collaborators include Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Queensland Rural Fire Service, Noosa Council, Noosa and District Landcare Group, Kabi Kabi First Nation, Yuggera Ugarapul Peoples, and Scenic Rim Regional Council.
