Despite its relatively small area, South East Queensland represents 13 per cent of Queensland’s agricultural production in terms of dollar value. As the SEQ population swells and the area needed to accommodate this growth encroaches further on rural land, the need for, protection, restoration and sustainable management of rural land in SEQ becomes more acute.

At SEQ Catchments we work with a range of stakeholders to develop and deliver activities that maintain, enhance and improve land management within South East Queensland (SEQ). We work with landholders to promote healthy soils and ecosystems, whilst also supporting sustainable agriculture. Some of our activities include:

• sustainable production
• salinity management
• hillslope and stream bank erosion
• strategic weed control

Through better land management we can contribute to the health of our landscape, rivers and Moreton Bay. Properly managed land provides the community with a number of benefits. Good vegetation and groundcover filters impurities that run into our water systems and properly managed hillslopes increase the resilience of the landscape to erosion and land-slips.

Sustainable Production Through partnership with industry, local government and landholders and corporate organisations, SEQ Catchments works with land managers to implement sustainable management practices though training and implementation of on ground works in relation to agricultural production. Read more…	Salinity All water, including rain, contains salts. Salinity is a natural result of weathering of rocks and concentration of salts by evaporation or plant transpiration. It becomes an issue when the concentration of soluble salts in soil or water increase to levels that affect water quality, soil properties, plant growth, ecosystem diversity or even built infrastructure. Read more…
Erosion Soil and streambank erosion causing … Read more…	Weeds Weeds are a significant problem in South East Queensland (SEQ). They can spread very rapidly by both humans and animals and have a ‘suffocating’ effect on local ecosystems, by greatly change the structure to such an extent that reduces the viability of native species. Read more…