The Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium (QFBC) is a collaborative network of land managers and stakeholders who are committed to improving fire and biodiversity management, supporting applied fire research, facilitating partnerships and building land manager and landholder capacity.
Through education, community engagement and applied research, the QFBC builds the capacity of land managers and private landowners across Queensland.
What we do
By providing tools and support, the QFBC enables landholders and land managers to balance fire safety, property productivity and land management priorities with biodiversity conservation.The Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium (QFBC) plays a key role in supporting property fire management planning across Queensland, offering a range of resources and services including community fire information events, fire management planning workshops, training, research support and best-practice recommendations.
By providing tools and support, the QFBC enables landholders and land managers to balance fire safety, property productivity and land management priorities with biodiversity conservation.
The QFBC facilitates partnerships and collaborations that bolster resilience and improve management outcomes.
The QFBC is a program of peak environmental group for South East Queensland, Healthy Land and Water.
20 years+ of service
Established in 1998, the QFBC is one of the oldest collective fire programs in Australia. During that time, the QFBC has had several hosts, including Logan City Council (1998 – 2002), Griffith University (2002 – 2009) and Healthy Land and Water (then SEQ Catchments) from 2009.
After 20 years of operating exclusively in South East Queensland as the South East Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium (SEQFBC), the program broadened its delivery to become the Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium in 2020, reflecting an increased demand from stakeholders across the region.
Strategic priority areas
The Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium (QFBC) employs a long-term collaborative engagement model with the aim of improving fire management and biodiversity outcomes through evidence-based risk and impact mitigation, coordinated recovery efforts, and building stakeholder capacity and resilience.
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Education and |
Private land holders, land managers and other stakeholders are provided practical information (through training and workshops) on fire management and biodiversity conservation. |
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Networks and |
Private land holders, land managers and other stakeholders are provided with opportunities to network and collaborate. |
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| Representation and Response |
Provision of coordinated responses to matters of significant fire management and fire ecology importance (e.g. legislative amendments and government inquires). |
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| Applied Fire Science |
Facilitation and communication of applied fire ecology and fire management research. |
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| Growth |
Planning and facilitation of activities that support sustainable growth and financial independence and security. |
Traditional Owner acknowledgement
We acknowledge that the place we now live in has been nurtured by Australia’s First Peoples for tens of thousands of years. We believe the spiritual, cultural and physical consciousness gained through this custodianship is vital to maintaining the future of our region.
Commitment to our Reconciliation Action Plan
Belinda Close, Quandamooka woman
Reconciliation Australia has officially endorsed environmental peak group, Healthy Land and Water’s comprehensive Reconciliation Action Plan, which is a practical guide to how the organisation will deliver meaningful changes across the business in support of reconciliation.
These are the accompanying words by Quandamooka woman, Belinda Close, for the artwork she has designed for the Healthy Land and Water Reconciliation Action Plan.
"Our story is to share, care and love our ancient, living, breathing culture and Country in this world.
Protect our sacred lands, salty seas, healing waters, wildlife and everything that grows within.
Nurture the waters, animals, plants and each other from the north, south, east and west.
Come together to share and understand the knowledge and respect of Mother Earth and our Ancestors that have passed on. Elders and Ancestors that are still with us today, sharing their ways on Country.
When you look into this story, you see Ancestor Spirits standing together, strong, in a circle, looking over us, sending their love, knowledge, strength and blessings.
We work together on Country, crossing waters to share knowledge, lending a helping hand during bushfires – which you can see burning in the bottom left of the story.
In the center, the belly of the story, begins new life, new beginnings, next generations. Fern life and plant life encourages new creek life and sprouts new creations.
The purples of our mountains, gullies and hills burst with wild rainforest – forests and bushlands that can never be replaced as they are as ancient as the Dreamtime.
Together, let’s maintain a clean, healthy, happy natural environment for all generations to come."
