Resources

A range of resources are available to help you understand and comply with the Reef protection regulations.

Please note: the factsheets listed below are printable versions of the webpages for each topic.

Sugarcane

• Sugarcane requirements factsheet (PDF, 661.5 KB)
• Recognised programs and acknowledged projects factsheet (PDF, 675.2 KB)
• Compliance factsheet (PDF, 758.9 KB)
• Agricultural ERA standard for sugarcane cultivation (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Prescribed methodology for sugarcane cultivation (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• Sediment and erosion control guide (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• Fertiliser placement guide (PDF, 756 KB)
• Farm nitrogen and phosphorus budget guide (PDF, 2.2 MB)

Grazing

• Grazing requirements factsheet (PDF, 619.1 KB)
• Recognised programs and acknowledged projects factsheet (PDF, 675.2 KB)
• Compliance factsheet (PDF, 758.9 KB)
• Agricultural ERA standard for beef cattle grazing (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Grazing guide (PDF, 4.3 MB)

Bananas

• Banana requirements factsheet (PDF, 625.4 KB)
• Recognised programs and acknowledged projects factsheet (PDF, 675.2 KB)
• Compliance factsheet (PDF, 758.9 KB)
• Agricultural ERA standard for banana cultivation (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Prescribed methodology for banana cultivation (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Erosion and sediment control guide (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• Fertiliser placement guide (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Grains

• Grains and horticulture requirements factsheet (PDF, 409 KB)
• New or expanding cropping and horticulture activities factsheet (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Horticulture

• Grains and horticulture requirements factsheet (PDF, 409 KB)
• New or expanding cropping and horticulture activities factsheet (PDF, 1.3 MB)

New or expanding cropping and horticulture

• New or expanding cropping and horticulture activities factsheet (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Do I need a permit checklist? (PDF, 664.5 KB)
• ERA standard – Commercial cropping and horticulture in the Great Barrier Reef (prescribed ERA 13A) (PDF, 404KB)
• Application Guide - Applying for an environmental authority to undertake commercial cropping and horticulture
• Standard Conditions Guide (five-100 hectares) Commercial cropping and horticulture in the Great Barrier Reef catchment (prescribed ERA 13A) (PDF, 3.6 MB)
• Standard application for a new environmental authority for a prescribed ERA 13A (DOCX, 174KB)
• Variation application for a new environmental authority for a prescribed ERA 13A (DOCX, 152KB)
• Site-specific application for a new environmental authority for a prescribed ERA 13A (DOCX, 123KB)
• New or expanding cropping and horticulture: FAQs (PDF, 564.2 KB)

Industrial land use

• Guideline: Reef discharge standards for industrial activities (PDF, 661KB)

Factsheets

• New expanding cropping and horticulture activities (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Record keeping requirements for agricultural advisers (PDF, 456.6 KB)
• Agricultural advisers: FAQs (PDF, 461.6 KB)
• New or expanding cropping and horticulture: FAQs (PDF, 564.2 KB)
• Recognised programs and acknowledged projects factsheet (PDF, 675.2 KB)
• Sugarcane requirements (PDF, 661.5 KB)
• Grazing requirements (PDF, 619.1 KB)
• Banana requirements (PDF, 625.4 KB)
• Grains and horticulture requirements (PDF, 409 KB)
• Compliance factsheet (PDF, 758.9 KB)

Historical Information

The Reef protection regulations were designed to deliver against actions for regulated minimum practice standards in the Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan. To develop the regulations, the Queensland Government released a Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement and a Decision Regulatory Impact Statement.

• Decision Regulatory Impact Statement—February 2019 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement—September 2017 (PDF, 2 MB)

View the timeline (PDF, 1.6 MB) that show when different parts of the Reef protection regulations started.