Burnett Mary Regional Group

What Burnett Mary Regional Group does

Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee operating as the designated regional natural resource management (NRM) body for the Burnett Mary region of Queensland, Australia. The organisation directs Australian and Queensland government investment — including the Reef Trust, Queensland Reef Water Quality Program, Natural Heritage Trust, Future Drought Fund, and Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements — into environmental and community-based programs delivered to landholders, primary producers, Traditional Owner groups, and community conservation volunteers at no cost. BMRG runs a portfolio of programs including the Climate Smart Catchments project, Empowering Adaptive Graziers in the Burnett Mary program (part of a $6 million Grazing Practice Change Program), the federally-funded Landscape Repair Program, the Mary River Recovery Project, the Northern Breeding Business (NB2) program with Meat & Livestock Australia, and the Inland Burnett Integrated Project.

BMRG's underlying technical capability combines GIS spatial analysis, camera trap biodiversity monitoring, environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling analysed via metabarcoding partners, bathymetric surveys, sediment coring, and groundwater monitoring — including a comprehensive K'gari (Fraser Island) freshwater monitoring program delivered in collaboration with the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation, CSIRO, and Adelaide University. The organisation completed the world's first regional scale environmental account at 5.6 million hectares in partnership with Minderoo Foundation and Accounting for Nature, covering vegetation, soils, plants, animals, and carbon across the region.

The business model is grant-funded delivery: BMRG does not charge landholders for participation, instead acting as the primary on-ground delivery partner for government reef protection, water quality, and climate programs. The organisation is headquartered in Bundaberg with a Brisbane administrative office, operates demonstration farms for peer-to-peer learning, and maintains deep partnerships with Traditional Owner corporations (Taribelang Bunda, Butchulla, Gidarjil, Kabi Kabi), industry bodies (AgForce, MLA), scientific institutions (CSIRO, Adelaide University), and consulting firms (KPMG, Alluvium). Quantified outcomes include a target to prevent 18,000 tonnes of annual fine sediment delivery to the Great Barrier Reef by 2030 and 7,000 tonnes per year already prevented through Kolan River restoration.

Name

Burnett Mary Regional Group

Legal name

Burnett Mary Regional Group for NRM Ltd

Website

https://bmrg.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Burnett Mary Regional Group is a not-for-profit, designated regional natural resource management body for the Burnett Mary region of Queensland, Australia, delivering government-funded environmental programs free of charge to landholders, producers, and Traditional Owner groups.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Bargara

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Program Funding: BMRG operates as a not-for-profit NRM organisation that directs government and institutional investment into environmental and community-based programs. Funding sources include the Australian Government's Reef Trust, Queensland Government's Queensland Reef Water Quality Program, Natural Heritage Trust, Saving Native Species Program, Future Drought Fund, and Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. BMRG does not charge landholders for program participation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

BMRG is the designated not-for-profit natural resource management body for Queensland's Burnett Mary region, directing government and institutional investment into environmental and community-based programs. It delivers free sustainable agriculture extension, riverine restoration, threatened species conservation, biodiversity monitoring, and natural capital measurement services to landholders, Traditional Owners, and community groups across a 5.6-million-hectare region bordering the Great Barrier Reef.

Product overview

Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) operates as a Natural Resource Management (NRM) organization offering a portfolio of environmental programs and initiatives rather than a unified technology product. Their core offerings include the Climate Smart Catchments project, Empowering Adaptive Graziers in the Burnett Mary program, and the Landscape Repair Program. These programs work in conjunction with the Natural Capital Training Series and the Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions Program (GRASS) to support sustainable land management, water quality improvement, and environmental restoration across the Burnett Mary region. BMRG also delivers research initiatives including the Paddock to Reef Integrated Monitoring Program and coordinates conservation efforts for threatened species.

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Products and services

• Climate Smart Catchments A project supporting landholders in the Burnett Mary region to build resilience on their properties by improving, protecting, and measuring their natural capital through natural capital planning, property-level land management mapping, and access to carbon and biodiversity market pathways.
• Empowering Adaptive Graziers in the Burnett Mary Program Program educating graziers on sustainable practices to protect landscapes and improve water quality, part of the $6 million Grazing Practice Change Program funded through the Queensland Reef Water Quality Program.
• Landscape Repair Program Federally-funded project delivering large-scale restoration and long-term resilience across the region, working with Traditional Owners (Taribelang Bunda Rangers) and landholders on riverbank planting, site maintenance, and riparian repair along the Burnett River.
• Mary River Recovery Project Restoration project along the Mary River in partnership with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, focused on river restoration, follow-up site inspections, maintenance works, and threatened species conservation.
• Burnett Mary Regional Reef Water Quality Strategy Framework focused on reducing fine sediment and pollutant loads across key river basins, targeting prevention of 18,000 tonnes of annual fine sediment delivery to the Reef by 2030 in alignment with Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan.
• Natural Capital Training Series Three-part training series supporting producers to understand natural capital and access carbon, biodiversity, and sustainability markets.
• Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions Program (GRASS) Program developing action plans for land management to improve paddock management and pasture cover for production and environmental outcomes.
• Paddock to Reef Integrated Monitoring, Modelling and Reporting Program Jointly funded program by Australian and Queensland governments monitoring and reporting on catchment condition and water quality across the Burnett Mary region.
• Queensland Soil Science Graduate Program 12-month initiative supporting development of early-career soil scientists and rangers in the Burnett Mary region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Prevent 18,000 tonnes of fine sediment delivery to the Great Barrier Reef per year by 2030
• +3 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• Gidarjil Development CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndigenous-owned enterprise Gidarjil Development Corporation is a key BMRG partner for environmental restoration projects. Gidarjil grows mangrove plants and native seed stock at their Burnett Heads nursery and conducts revegetation works on the Kolan River bank and Burnett River estuary. Gidarjil rangers also provide weed control training and services for the Bulberin Nut (Macadamia jansenii) conservation project at Thornhill Station and Bulburin National Park. The partnership combines Indigenous land management knowledge with environmental restoration delivery.
• Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation (BAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBAC is the Traditional Owner organisation for K'gari (Fraser Island) and provides cultural oversight for BMRG's freshwater monitoring program on the island. BAC rangers and staff participate in water quality monitoring, eDNA sampling, and cultural site monitoring across 12 lakes and creek sites on K'gari. The collaboration integrates Traditional Ecological Knowledge with contemporary science in monitoring and protecting the island's freshwater ecosystems.
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)coreTechnology or IntegrationCSIRO collaborates with BMRG on K'gari freshwater monitoring, conducting habitat condition assessments, water sample collection, and hydrological investigations. CSIRO's scientific expertise supports BMRG's understanding of groundwater-surface water connectivity and lake water balance modelling across the island.
• Adelaide UniversitysecondaryTechnology or IntegrationAdelaide University partners with BMRG on K'gari freshwater research, collecting diatom samples, eDNA samples, and undertaking creek sampling for high-resolution geochemical and stable isotope analyses to understand groundwater movement and connections between rainfall, groundwater, lakes, and creeks.
• Accounting for NaturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccounting for Nature is a key partner in BMRG's Inland Burnett Integrated Project and Norbrook Farm's environmental account expansion. The organisation provides the Accounting for Nature® framework for measuring and certifying natural asset condition at farm and regional scale, supporting BMRG's world-first regional environmental account and farmer-led natural capital initiatives.
• KPMGsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerKPMG is a technical and delivery partner in BMRG's Inland Burnett Integrated Project, helping build regional capacity and demonstrate pathways into environmental markets for landholders. KPMG contributes expertise in environmental market opportunities alongside Accounting for Nature, Alluvium, and RCS Australia.
• AlluviumsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlluvium is a technical partner in the Inland Burnett Integrated Project and previously prepared design plans for Kolan River bank stabilisation works. Alluvium provides engineering and water management expertise supporting BMRG's river restoration and catchment management programs.
• RCS AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCS (Resource Consulting Services) Australia is a delivery partner in the Inland Burnett Integrated Project and the Grazing Practice Change Program. RCS Regional Facilitator Andrew Zerner delivers RCS KIT (Keep In Touch) Days across the Burnett Mary region, training landholders in regenerative grazing principles, soil health, and sustainable land management practices.
• Taribelang Bunda RangerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTaribelang Bunda Rangers are Traditional Owner partners for the Burnett River Landscape Repair Program (LRP), conducting riverbank planting, site maintenance, and whippersnipping at Burnett S2 restoration sites. Their cultural knowledge and on-ground work are central to healing Country along the Burnett River, and they participate in BMRG Science Forum as opening presenters.
• Bundaberg SugarsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerBundaberg Sugar is a private landowner partner in the Kolan River restoration project and Burnett River estuary revegetation. The company benefits from erosion control works preventing loss of sugarcane production land and participates in collaborative reef protection efforts managed by BMRG and funded through the Australian Government's Reef Trust.
• Minderoo FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinderoo Foundation partnered with BMRG and Accounting for Nature to complete the world's first regional scale environmental account — a 5.6 million hectare stocktake of the Burnett Mary region's natural assets. Minderoo's support enabled the development of comprehensive baseline data for natural capital assessment.
• EnviroDNAsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationEnviroDNA was engaged by BMRG to analyse environmental DNA (eDNA) water samples collected across 120 sites in the Burnett Mary region. Using metabarcoding methods, EnviroDNA detects native and introduced aquatic vertebrates to map species presence and support the regional environmental account.
• AgForcesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgForce delivers the Carbon Farming Outreach Program (CFOP) workshops in the Burnett Mary region with BMRG support. BMRG also supports AgForce's Demystifying Carbon workshops in Esk and Kingaroy, providing regionally tailored carbon literacy for producers through the Carbon EDGE program.
• Bush AgribusinesssecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerBush Agribusiness is a delivery partner in the NB2 program alongside BMRG and MLA, providing agribusiness consulting expertise and peer-to-peer learning facilitation for northern beef breeders in the Burnett Mary region.
• RangeIQsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerRangeIQ is a delivery partner in the NB2 program alongside BMRG and MLA, contributing to producer-driven, peer-to-peer support for northern beef businesses in the Burnett Mary region.
• Queensland Goat Producers Inc (QGoat)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQGoat partnered with BMRG to deliver the Goat Gathering event at Gunabul Homestead, providing networking and knowledge exchange opportunities for goat breeders in the Burnett Mary region, funded through the Reef Integrated Engagement and Capacity Building initiative.
• Kabi Kabi People's Aboriginal Corporation (KKPAC)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerKKPAC rangers partnered with BMRG to conduct a cool burn in August 2025, combining Indigenous-led cool burning practices with contemporary fire science for landscape management in the Burnett Mary region.
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• Turtle Survival AlliancesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurtle Survival Alliance collaborates with BMRG on freshwater turtle conservation efforts, combining BMRG's regional monitoring data with TSA's global turtle conservation expertise to strengthen protection outcomes for threatened turtle species.
• Carbon StocksecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarbon Stock is assisting Norbrook Farm to add Fauna to its Accounting for Nature® Environmental Account under BMRG's Climate Smart Catchments Project, using scientifically validated biodiversity indicators.
• Tarwyn Park TrainingsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerTarwyn Park Training, led by Stuart Andrews, delivers Natural Sequence Farming courses in the Burnett Mary region, teaching landholders to manage livestock, slow water flow, and increase plant diversity to rejuvenate ecosystems. BMRG hosts the four-day courses and facilitates landholder participation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Terrain NRM: South East Queensland's regional NRM body delivering similar natural resource management programs, including land restoration, biodiversity, and community-led extension — overlapping strongly with BMRG's mission and structure.
• NQ Dry Tropics: Regional NRM body for the dry tropics region of North Queensland, delivering closely analogous reef protection, grazing land management, and water quality programs alongside Traditional Owner partnerships in the Great Barrier Reef catchment.
• Fitzroy Basin Association: Queensland regional NRM body covering the Fitzroy Basin — the most directly comparable peer to BMRG, delivering similar reef water quality, sustainable agriculture, and Indigenous partnership programs under the same Queensland Reef Water Quality Program framework.
• Cape York Natural Resource Management: Regional NRM body for Cape York Peninsula, delivering analogous programs in Indigenous land management, biodiversity, and sustainable primary industries, sharing BMRG's Traditional Owner partnership model.
• Reef Catchments (Mackay Whitsunday Isaac): Regional NRM body for the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region, delivering near-identical reef water quality, sustainable agriculture, and biodiversity programs in the adjacent Great Barrier Reef catchment to BMRG.

Broad incumbents

• WWF-Australia: Major environmental NGO with active programs in reef conservation, sustainable agriculture, and species protection — overlapping with BMRG's pillars but operating nationally and globally with advocacy and direct delivery capabilities.
• The Nature Conservancy Australia: Global conservation organisation with significant Australian operations in reef and catchment protection, working alongside Indigenous partners on nature-based solutions — operates at national/global scale with overlapping mission focus.
• Landcare Australia: National network supporting community Landcare groups across Australia — comparable in mission (community-led natural resource management) and partner channel model, but operating as a federated umbrella rather than a regional delivery body.
• Greening Australia: National-scale environmental restoration organisation focused on reforestation and biodiversity outcomes. Operates across Australia with a wider portfolio than BMRG's regional scope, but works on closely related land restoration and native vegetation programs.

Emerging players

• Accounting for Nature: Standards body for the Accounting for Nature® framework used by BMRG in its world-first regional environmental account. Functions as a closely-aligned enabler/partner rather than competitor, but increasingly relevant as natural capital accounting scales.

Market position

Strengths4 records

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Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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