{"id":8417,"date":"2023-10-03T04:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T04:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/regional-nrm-delivery-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T22:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:15:11","slug":"place-based-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/place-based-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Resilient Catchments: Place-Based Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/project_slider_mip.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]PLACE-BASED PLANNING FOR RESILIENT CATCHMENTS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789112768{padding-right: 36px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”15″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]RETURNING TO WHOLE-OF-CATCHMENT PLANNING & MANAGEMENT[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-nb”][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1696306390563{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]3 October 2023[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1696306677013{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Over the last 15 years there has been a lot of investment in reef water quality projects but as the impacts of climate change are becoming more evident, it\u2019s good to see that a broader view of catchment planning is being incorporated into new funding programs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The future health of the Great Barrier Reef is a major concern for our region but it\u2019s not the only concern. As the threats from climate change and biodiversity loss are becoming evident, it makes sense to use reef investment more strategically to solve multiple issues in our catchments.<\/p>\n

There are a number of catchments in the Wet Tropics where several reef water quality projects are running independently of each other with little coordination and no overall landscape planning. They may be making good progress in reducing sediment and nutrient runoff, but they are focused on addressing spot issues in isolation of the broader catchment. In other words, it\u2019s like sticking Band-Aids on sores without taking a holistic view of the whole body to consider if its suffering from a chronic health problem.<\/p>\n

We need to return to holistic catchment planning and management so we can tackle multiple problems within the broader landscape.<\/p>\n

The effectiveness of place-based planning was demonstrated in our delivery of the Wet Tropics Major Integrated Project \u2013 a reef water quality program funded by the Queensland Government\u2019s Reef water Quality Program in 2017-2021 that combined local knowledge and science after extensive community engagement across the Tully and Johnstone River catchments. This project included a local scale water monitoring program, trials of water treatment systems from bioreactors to vegetated drains, on-farm demonstration sites and educational community events. It piloted new catchment-scale solutions to drive the next wave of change and it garnered unprecedented landholder engagement while also bringing industry and community on board.<\/p>\n

Since then, Terrain NRM has implemented this approach on several other projects including the Mossman Integrated Project and Upper Johnstone Integrated Project, which were funded by the Queensland Government\u2019s Natural Resource Investment Program. Both projects tackled erosion problems with engineering works and, in the case of the Upper Johnstone project, through grazing management practice change as well.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789122720{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 34px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”206″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1696307525915{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"herbert[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1696382825231{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Place-based planning is more complex because it involves significant community engagement to ensure broader local issues are addressed, and because it is multi-dimensional. However, it results in community ownership of projects which builds understanding and capacity, leading to greater community stewardship and ultimately improved catchment resilience.<\/p>\n

The key outcome of these all these projects is improved water quality but other outcomes that could be integrated are healthier soils, less erosion, better riparian condition and habitat restoration, as well as economic, cultural, social and maybe even health outcomes.<\/p>\n

It is great to see new funding programs are starting to incorporate more place-based planning. In a rapidly changing climate, this approach will help our landscapes and waterways become more resilient to intense climatic events including droughts, fires, cyclones and floods. It also means that we\u2019re getting a better bang for our buck \u2013 using investment in the reef strategically to solve multiple issues across the whole landscape. Greater collaboration and flexibility between funding programs will make this even more achieveable.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section el_class=”grean-btn-sec” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”47″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_button dimension=”outline” url=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/what-we-do\/waterway-health\/” align=”right” el_class=”green-btn” outline_skin=”custom” outline_active_color=”#175137″ outline_active_text_color=”#ffffff” outline_hover_bg_color=”#175137″ outline_hover_color=”#ffffff”]Read More[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1-blog” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”105″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” align=”right” el_class=”terrain-title”]RELATED NEWS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” id=”post_grid_filter_1″][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”grid_greate_3″ css=”.vc_custom_1651022120669{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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