Farmers, regional communities and agricultural industry to the (reef) rescue
Source: Australia. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for the Environment (Joint media release)
"Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Tony Burke today (7/8/08) outlined the Australian Government’s plan to work with farmers to improve the health of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef.
The joint announcement with Environment Minister Peter Garrett detailed how the Reef Rescue program would help farmers adopt and implement land management techniques to improve the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef.
“$23 million will enable Queensland farmers, natural resource management regions and peak industry groups to work together to deliver land management practices essential to improving reef water quality in Terrain, Burdekin Dry Tropics, Mackay-Whitsunday, Fitzroy Basin, Burnett Mary and Cape York,” Mr Burke said.
Mr Garrett said the funding came from the $200 million Reef Rescue program—part of the Government’s $2.25 billion Caring for our Country initiative."