Water for the Future

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Queensland Wetlands Program

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Waterlilies (2009)

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In 2003, the Australian and Queensland governments established the Queensland Wetlands Program to protect wetlands in the Great Barrier Reef catchment and throughout Queensland.

The program is responsible for over 30 projects that have delivered a range of new mapping, information and decision-making tools that will enable government agencies, landowners, conservationists and regional land care bodies to protect and manage wetlands for future generations.

The Australian Government's Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, and the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management are the lead agencies, with other government departments and key stakeholders also involved in the program's implementation.

The first phase of the program (2003 - 2008) was funded through the Great Barrier Reef Coastal Wetlands Protection Program (GBRCWPP - ongoing) and the Queensland Natural Heritage Trust Wetlands Program (until June 2009). From 2008 - 2009 the Program has continued to be supported by both the Australian Government, through GBRCWPP and the Caring for our Country Reef Rescue  initiative, and the Queensland Government.

Details of all QWP products can be found on WetlandInfo .

Project fact sheets

The Queensland Wetlands Program is part of the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan, a ten-year plan to halt and reverse the declining water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef.

Queensland Wetlands Program

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