Portfolio project feature - Burnett Mary regional Natural Capital Account
Image credit: Matt to confirm
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.
Image credit: Azure kingfisher Ceyx azureus - Nikki Coombs
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:
o Ecological monitoring
o Community engagement
o Expert elicitation
o Accounting For Nature accredited Natural Capital Account
Banner image credit: Bunya pine Araucaria bidwillii forest - Unknown
