Land Restoration Fund contracted projects
Central Cape York Regional Savanna Fire Project—R1015
Fast facts
- Location
- 4 locations across Central Cape York Peninsula
- Sector
- First Nations
- Investment
- $28.85 million
- Proponent
- Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
- Duration
- 15 years
- Emissions Reduction Fund project ID
- Pending
- Method
- Savanna fire management 2018 (sequestration and emissions avoidance)
- Local Government Area
- Cook Shire
- Co-benefits
- Great Barrier Reef
- Wetlands
- Threatened ecosystems
- Threatened wildlife
- Native vegetation
- Coastal ecosystems
- Diversity and human rights
- Employment and skills
- Resilience and connectivity
- First Nations participation
- First Nations location
Project summary
The Central Cape York Regional Savanna Fire Project is a 15-year, $28.85 million collaboration between the Queensland Government and the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation on behalf of an alliance of Indigenous landholders. The Project aims to manage almost 1 million hectares of Cape York Peninsula under significantly improved fire regimes based on Indigenous cultural burning practices, whilst providing a meaningful increase in indigenous, environmental and socio-economic co-benefits in the area.