Skip to main content
Organisations

Cape York Natural Resource Management

Cape York Natural Resource Management Ltd (Cape York NRM) is a registered charity and not-for-profit organisation that works with individuals, groups and communities across Cape York, facilitating care of Country, through natural and cultural resource management activities.

The organisational mission is to help people to work together to care for the natural environment, and to promote the sustainable use of natural resources.

After extensive community engagement, Cape York NRM has established organisational guidelines in the development of partnerships in the communities of Cape York. Interaction with the residents of those communities takes place through various activities and projects based on principles of sustainable development, capacity building, support and development, and regional coordination and planning.  

Cape York NRM staff work with land and sea managers, Traditional Custodians, growers, graziers and Ranger groups on a wide variety of programs that enhance the varied ecological landscapes of Cape York.  

Through cooperation these partnerships ensure:

  • the future of wetlands, varied soil types and the Great Barrier Reef
  • support of efforts to maintain sustainable numbers of threatened species, including sea turtles, the rare Jardine River turtle, 

    Cape York Natural Resource Management (NRM) Ltd is a not-for-profit organisation and registered charity, with a mission to help people work to care for the natural environment while promoting the sustainable use of natural resources in Cape York Peninsula.

    Cape York NRM is staffed by a dedicated team who work with individuals, groups and communities across Cape York to care for Country, through activities that promote and support the organisation's mission.

    The priorities that guide the work of the group have grown through extensive community engagement.  The organisation is involved with partnerships across Cape York, and through these relationships, implement activities based on principles of sustainable development, capacity building, project support and development, and regional coordination and planning.

    Currently our staff work with land and sea managers, traditional custodians, growers, graziers and ranger groups on a wide variety of programs that enhance Cape York's wetlands and soils, and offer protection to the Great Barrier Reef environment.  Cape York NRM supports work that addresses the issue of climate change, as well as threats to the environment, culture and communities, including threatened species like sea turtles, the rare Jardine River turtle, golden shouldered parrot, the southern cassowary, and invasive species, such as feral pigs and weeds.

  • address and identification of threats to environment, culture and community 
  • dealing with the effects of climate change 
  • attempts to control invasive species i.e.  feral pigs and weeds

Share

Related Projects

Related content

Newsletter Articles

Land Condition Assessment Tool training

The Land Condition Assessment Tool is a rapid science-based method used to score the health of grazing land from A to D.

View

Newsletter Articles

GRASS plans for 10 Cape York properties

It’s been an eventful month of property visits as part of the Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions (GRASS) program.

View

Newsletter Articles

Co-benefits of carbon farming

There are positive outcomes to carbon farming in addition to emissions avoided or carbon stored.

View

Newsletter Articles

The business of beef on Cape York

Beefing up your business was the focus of seven business workshops for graziers.

View

Newsletter Articles

Threatened species ‘citizen science’ initiative

Within Australia, citizen science is increasing exponentially in popularity.

View

Newsletter Articles

2021 early dry season burn success

Savanna burning has occurred across Cape York for more than 50,000 years.

View

Newsletter Articles

Breeder fertility workshop at Pinnacle Station

Under the shade of a tree at Pinnacle Station, graziers sat down for a conversation with Dr Geoffry Fordyce.

View

Newsletter Articles

Gully remediation in the Normanby catchment

Gully remediation works are plowing ahead across the Normanby catchment through the Reef Trust IV Program.

View

Newsletter Articles

Cape York Healthy Country Plan 2021–2030

The Cape York Healthy Country Plan 2021-2030 is the regional natural resource management plan for Cape York.

View

Newsletter Articles

Special meeting to vote on a new constitution

Cape York NRM members will vote on a proposed new constitution at a special general meeting in August.

View