A $12 million program was designed to provide incentives to help landholders maintain and manage native vegetation, including high-value regrowth, as part of their operations.

This program protected 22,400 hectares of high value native vegetation under perpetual voluntary conservation agreements.

The Vegetation Incentives Program has now been integrated with the Environmental Partnerships Scheme as a part of the Queensland Government's contribution to the Blueprint for the Bush.

NatureAssist is one of the financial incentive programs operating as part of the Environmental Partnership Scheme.

NatureAssist is a competitive market-based incentive scheme that gives landholders throughout rural Queensland the opportunity to tender for financial assistance to help them sustainably manage their property.

Landholders may tender for any tangible, on-ground activity that contributes to the protection and management of the conservation values on their property. Past activities that have been funded through NatureAssist include:

• fencing to control stock access to creeks
• establishing alternative off-stream watering points for stock
• revegetating areas to stabilise soils and improve water quality
• identifying, protecting, and managing cultural heritage resources
• controlling weeds and pest animals.

For more details please visit the NatureAssist website.