Project feature - Burnett Mary regional Natural Capital Account

Project cost: $1M funding secured through the Minderoo Foundation

Project scale: 5.6M ha

Time frame: 2 years

Benefits:

  • Adopting a natural capital accounting framework has empowered the region’s natural resource managers to engage and educate community, strategically plan environmental restoration and species recovery actions, secure natural capital investments, and measure and report to stakeholders on the results of environmental initiatives.

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In 2022, Ecotec’s Director, Matthew Taylor, co-led the development of a world-pioneering comprehensive environmental assessment across the Burnett Mary NRM region in central coastal Queensland, culminating in a landscape-scale accredited Natural Capital Account.

Client: BMRG - Burnett Mary Regional Group

Ecotec services provided:

  • Ecological monitoring

  • Community engagement

  • Expert elicitation

  • Accounting For Nature accredited Natural Capital Account

Image credit: Azure kingfisher Ceyx azureus - Nikki Coombs

Learn More:
Download a copy of BMRG’s Environmental Account Summary 2021-2022

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