" Working towards the equitable, efficient and sustainable use of water, land and other environmental resources of the Queensland Murray Darling Basin "

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About QMDC

The Queensland Murray-Darling Committee, or QMDC, is a natural resource management (NRM) organisation that supports communities in our designated region to sustainably manage their natural resources.


QMDC provides financial incentives, mapping and planning support, and technical advice to private and public land managers. QMDC does this in order to help communities to put catchment-wide improvements to NRM into practice. Specific natural resources targeted by QMDC include:

  • Land and Soils
  • Water
  • Riverine, Floodplains and Wetlands
  • Weeds and Pest Animal Management
  • Vegetation and Biodiversity.

QMDC also offers education and training programs to help increase the knowledge of the communities we work with to manage their natural resources sustainably.

In 2004, after significant consultation with these communities, QMDC developed its Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) Plan. This Plan sets out the priorities, targets and milestones for NRM in the region.

Some of these targets are currently under review by a range of community panels.

The full NRM Plan, and the most up-to-date target review report, are available online, at our publications section, or on request from our Toowoomba office.

About NRM

NRM: what is it? NRM stands for Natural Resource Management and is used to refer to the industry in which QMDC operates, and the work we do. NRM... read more

Commercial Services

QMDC operates a business trading arm, known as Swift NRM, which offers professional services in natural resource management. Swift... read more