Southern Queensland Landscapes

What Southern Queensland Landscapes does

Southern Queensland Landscapes is a community-based, not-for-profit natural resource management organisation headquartered in Toowoomba, Queensland, and one of eleven Queensland NRM bodies comprising NRM Regions Queensland. Founded in 2018, it operates across 314,398 km² spanning the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin and Bulloo catchments, serving landholders, First Nations communities across 28 Nations, community groups, and government agencies through project delivery, technical advice, and free membership. Its core offering is a portfolio of grant-funded project programmes — waterway protection, koala and threatened ecological community conservation, climate-smart grazing, soil monitoring, fish-friendly water extraction, wild dog and feral pig control, and First Nations drone and cultural heritage initiatives — alongside strategic plans (Strategic Plan 2026-2031, Reconciliation Action Plan 2026-2028, Flourishing Landscapes Plan, Stronger Landscapes Plan) and education resources including the Scott Sargood Memorial Scholarship.

The organisation delivers through a dispersed field model, with offices in Toowoomba, Charleville, Roma, and Goondiwindi, supported by events, workshops, newsletters, and a video library. Its technology stack is not a software product; instead it relies on science-based methods, First Nations knowledge, CSIRO-led soil monitoring (QLD South cluster), and emerging drone-based monitoring through the Wandhala Drone Project.

The business model is professional-services-style project delivery funded almost entirely by Australian Government and Queensland Government grants (Natural Heritage Trust, Saving Native Species Programme, Climate-Smart Agriculture Programme, NRM Expansion Program, Northern Basin Toolkit Measures), with the Chair reporting more than $9 million of project activity delivered in 2025. Free membership and community engagement act as relationship-building infrastructure rather than revenue streams. No formal revenue or financial statements are publicly disclosed.

Name

Southern Queensland Landscapes

Legal name

Southern Queensland Landscapes

Website

https://sqlandscapes.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Southern Queensland Landscapes is a Toowoomba-based, not-for-profit natural resource management organisation that delivers grant-funded environmental, agricultural, and First Nations partnership projects across 314,398 km² of southern Queensland for landholders, First Nations communities, and government funders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Natural Resource Management Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (115310), Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry (115)

SIC

Forestry (800), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Forestry & Indigenous Land Stewardship Services (IMAMAJAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wetland, Riparian & Buffer Services (within forest landscapes) (AFAMAMAI), Urban & Community Reforestation / Street Tree Planting (AFAMACAL)

Keywords

• Natural resource management
• Sustainable agriculture
• Biodiversity conservation
• Land management services
• Community-based conservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Toowoomba

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Project Funding: Southern Queensland Landscapes operates as a not-for-profit organisation funded primarily through government grants and project funding from Australian Government and Queensland Government natural resource management programmes. Projects are delivered on behalf of government to support landholders and communities with environmental and agricultural outcomes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Southern Queensland Landscapes is a community-driven, not-for-profit natural resource management organisation that delivers landscape-scale environmental and agricultural project programs across Southern Queensland. Funded primarily through Australian Government and Queensland Government grants, the organisation coordinates on-ground programs in sustainable agriculture and grazing, biodiversity and conservation, waterway protection, and community and First Nations partnerships. Services are delivered free to landholders through field teams, with incentive funding, technical advice, and property mapping provided as part of project participation.

Product overview

Southern Queensland Landscapes is a community-driven not-for-profit natural resource management organization that delivers a portfolio of environmental project programs and services. The organization offers an integrated suite of programs including waterway protection (Protecting Southern Qld Waterways Through Grazing Management, Fish Friendly Water Extraction Project), biodiversity conservation (Ensuring Thriving Koala Populations, Protecting the Brigalow Belt, Protecting Coolibah-Black Box and Poplar Box Grassy Woodlands), sustainable agriculture (Growing Climate Smart Grazing in the Condamine River Basin, Natural Resource Recovery Program, Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator), and community engagement (Wandhala Drone Project, Wild Dog Management). Strategic frameworks including the Strategic Plan 2026-2031, Reconciliation Action Plan 2026-2028, Flourishing Landscapes Plan, and Stronger Landscapes Plan guide operations. Additional services include the Scott Sargood Memorial Scholarship, newsletters, events, video library, and a free membership program providing technical advice and property mapping.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 124,500 hectares of land adjacent to waterways to be improved through fencing and watering points
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NRM Regions QueenslandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSouthern Queensland Landscapes is one of eleven Queensland NRM organisations comprising membership of NRM Regions Queensland, which provides regional coordination and voice for natural resource management across Queensland.
• University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for First Nations Art Competition, Scott Sargood Memorial Scholarship, and educational content. The competition showcases Indigenous art and the scholarship supports environmental studies students.
• CSIROcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead partner for National Soil Monitoring Program delivering approximately 3,000 soil sampling sites nationwide. Southern Queensland Landscapes leads QLD South cluster. CSIRO leads the programme in collaboration with Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
• Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for national woody vegetation mapping project across Australian cotton farms using methodology developed by Southern Queensland Landscapes drawing on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network data.
• Budjiti People / Bunya People's Aboriginal CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst Nations partnerships for land management projects including Currawinya Lakes Ramsar Wetlands where Budjiti People's native title rights were recognised. Growing Climate Smart Grazing project working with Bunya People's Aboriginal Corporation.
• Boobook Ecological ConsultingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEcological consulting firm engaged for field monitoring of Coolibah, Poplar Box, and Brigalow habitat including deployment of acoustic recorders and wildlife cameras.
• Fire Lore (Robbie Williams)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFirst Nations fire practitioner providing cool burning training and cultural burning knowledge sharing with Traditional Owners across Southern Queensland communities.
• Local Government and Community OrganisationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with local councils and community organisations across the region for coordinated land management and community engagement.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Terrain NRM (North Queensland): North Queensland NRM organisation, fellow member of NRM Regions Queensland, delivering similar wetland, biodiversity, and sustainable agriculture programs in tropical regions. Directly comparable not-for-profit NRM peer.
• Fitzroy Basin Association: Another Queensland NRM organisation covering the Fitzroy Basin region. Provides direct peer comparison across the same NRM Regions Queensland membership, with overlapping capabilities in sustainable agriculture, biodiversity projects, and First Nations partnerships.
• Reef Catchments (Mackay Whitsunday Isaac NRM): One of the eleven Queensland NRM organisations and a direct member of NRM Regions Queensland. Delivers similar natural resource management programmes covering waterway health, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and community engagement across a different Queensland region, with comparable government grant funding model.
• Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG): Queensland NRM organisation covering the Burnett Mary region with parallel programs in sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and NRM Regions Queensland membership. Direct peer for grant-funded landscape restoration work.
• Cape York Natural Resource Management: Queensland NRM organisation with strong First Nations partnerships and similar focus on land management across remote regions. Directly comparable in operating model and community-led engagement approach.
• NQ Dry Tropics (North Queensland Dry Tropics NRM): Queensland NRM organisation covering the dry tropics region with similar structure, mission, and funding mix. Comparable as a peer for benchmarking project delivery, grant pipeline, and community engagement models.

Regional players

• Trust for Nature (Victoria): Victorian-focused conservation organisation managing covenanting and biodiversity programs with similar not-for-profit structure and government funding model. Comparable as a regional NRM body serving a different Australian state.
• South West NRM (Western Australia): Western Australian NRM body serving the South West region with comparable not-for-profit, government-funded structure for sustainable agriculture and biodiversity programs. Comparable peer in different geography with similar operational model.

Broad incumbents

• Greening Australia: National environmental restoration organisation focused on revegetation, carbon, and biodiversity projects. Comparable as a larger-scale operator in adjacent land management and ecosystem restoration space with overlapping government and carbon funding sources.
• Landcare Australia: National umbrella body for Landcare groups and the National Landcare Program, which is one of SQL's funding sources. Operates as a broader national coordinator with overlapping landholder and community engagement missions at larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SQLandscapes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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