Cambooya Landcare Association: Drought Resilience Event
Description
Join us discussing long term resilience planning to help mitigate the future impacts of drought on Southern Queensland Landholders
Free entry
Talks from professional soil and agricultural scientists and other experts, presenting and speaking on a variety of topics including soil health, climate impact, native pasture grasses and more. (See lineup below)
Informative displays to provide further advice and discussion.
Catered Event
Lineup
Cameron Leckie: Regional Soil Coordinator, Soil Science Australia
*Soil - Why It Matters* Cameron has a passion for all things soil, and he’ll tell you why it matters. Healthy soil is critical not only to agriculture but also to biodiversity. Australia’s soils are enormously varied, and their properties shape which plants and animals thrive on them and how we can use the land. Cameron is the Regional Soil Coordinator for Soil Science Australia, based at the Southern Queensland and Northern NSW (SQNNSW) Innovation Hub, which is funded by the Future Drought Fund. His primary role is to support the implementation of the National Soil Strategy. Australia’s soil health is in decline, with erosion, salinity and acidification among the major challenges. Cameron believes industry, natural resource managers and governments all need to do much more to protect and restore our soils.
Dr. Payel Sinha: Projects Lead, Southern Queensland Landscapes (Toowoomba)
*Carbon Markets* Payel brings a strong background in research, with a focus on soil-waste management, project management and environmental markets. She holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Southern Queensland, and one of her proudest achievements is that she completed it while working in industry, a milestone that took real commitment to balance. As Projects Lead at Southern Queensland Landscapes, based in Toowoomba, Payel has worked closely with farmers across Queensland and internationally. She helps them navigate the complexities of environmental markets, using innovative thinking and practical, research-driven solutions.
Vicki Mayne: Climate Project Officer | Central West, Central Highlands & Southeast Queensland Northern Australia Climate Program
*Cloudy with a Chance of Confusion: Understanding the Seasonal Outlook* Vicki is a Climate Project Officer with the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) and Climate Mate with the Centre for Applied Climate Sciences. She works with producers and landholders to translate climate science and seasonal forecasting into practical on farm decision-making. As a beef producer herself, Vicki brings practical industry experience and a strong understanding of the challenges producers face when managing seasonal variability, climate risk and business resilience.
Geoff Reid: First Nations Engagement Lead Flow-MER First Nations MER Lead One Basin CRC Toowoomba and Jacob Birch: Founder & Managing Director, Yaamarra & Yarral
*Indigenous flours milled from (drought resilient perennial) native grass species* The One Basin Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) is an industry-led, collaborative partnership established to build a more productive, resilient and sustainable Murray–Darling Basin for current and future generations. In an unassuming industrial estate on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Gamilaraay man Jacob Birch has been busy setting up a processing and milling enterprise for native grains. Yaamarra & Yarral (Sheaf and Stone) is a community focussed Indigenous-owned and led food sovereignty project currently operating in a space that inspires cooperation, connection through the slow process of making sustainable food together and driving social change one grain at a time. Geoff and Jacob are very keen to talk with people on the Downs about opportunities to collect samples of different grasses and also about whether people might be interested in actually growing small areas of these as an experimental crop.
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