Voice of the Regions - October 2007
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM
Dr Ian Dight
He is an internationally respected marine scientist.
He is a JCU graduate and though his origins are south of the border he is a fiercely devoted North Queenslander. He is Dr Ian Dight and he's on a mission to save our sacred Barrier Reef ... more
Burnett Mary Regional Group for NRM
Disgruntled dugong joins fight against pollution
Local residents who saw a seven-foot dugong or a lycra-clad superhero on the streets of Bundaberg or Bargara last month were relieved to hear they weren't going mad - the two characters have been in the area preparing a community education campaign about stormwater pollution ... more
Research into grey nurse shark critical to survival
Recent research has revealed that the population of grey nurse sharks on Australia's east coast are still listed as critically endangered, with less than 500 remaining.
Senior conservation officer with Queensland Parks and Wildlife, Carley Bansemer, is undertaking PhD studies on the grey nurse shark at Wold Rock, off Rainbow Beach in Queensland - one of the only 14 known gathering sites for sharks ... more
Condamine Alliance
Collars cramp stray cats' style
Moggies make great pets, but their secret lives have been exposed: Toowoomba owners have reported a 60% drop in the number of animals killed by cats that wear dual-bell collars, given away by Condamine Alliance and Toowoomba City Council.
Cat-owners have enthusiastically embraced the campaign, with more than 1020 out of 8000 registered cat owners responding to a survey to receive free collars with their registration papers ... more
Science meets tradition in land management
In what is thought to be a national first, Indigenous people across southern Queensland have come together with three regional natural resource management bodies in a project where science meets the experience of 40 000 years of land management.
The project aims to put science behind the traditional owners' descriptions of what makes a landscape 'healthy' versus 'unhealthy' ... more
Desert Channels Queensland
Collared!
Camels were brought to Australia from the mid-eighteen hundreds to help the early European explorers and settlers to prevail in a hostile environment.
Camels were still providing transport in remote inland areas well into the twentieth century. When motor vehicles took over, unwanted camels were turned loose; these formed the nucleus of the world's only remaining wild population, estimated in 2007 to be around one million strong ... more
Fitzroy Basin Association
Threatened Species Week in the Fitzroy Basin
The Fitzroy Basin Association (FBA) brought the plight of threatened species to the forefront of students' minds with recent visits to two Rockhampton primary schools.
A group of four researchers spoke to students as Frenchville and Mt Archer state schools on 6 September as part of Threatened Species Week ... more
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Forum examines solutions to global warming
Roma community member have gained new skills and perspectives through the 2007 Discovering Landcare Forum. A number of workshops and guest speaker events were held over two days to inform and build the capacity of the local community for environmental, social and economic sustainability ... more
SEQ Catchments
A Biosphere for Brisbane
Brisbane is set to join an exciting international movement in cooperative and sustainable land management through the designation of a Biosphere Area focusing on the D'Aguilar Range and its surrounding landscape.
Like World Heritage Areas, Biospheres are listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and enjoy international prestige and significance ... more
Network aims to bring back the birdwing
SEQ Catchments is sponsoring a habitat restoration project to help bring the beautiful Richmond Birdwing Butterfly back to the eastern catchments of South East Queensland ... more
Southern Gulf Catchments
Deal on landcare
Carpentaria Land Council and Southern Gulf Catchments (SGC) signed a historic agreement last month, which will assist in the management of land and sea with the Gangalidda, Garawa, Waanyi, Lardil, Yangkaal, Kaiadilt, Gkuthaarn, Kukatj, and Kurtijar peoples of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria ... more
Torres Strait Regional Authority
Six communities to participate in sustainable land use planning project
The Torres Strait Regional Authority's (TSRA) Land and Sea Management Unit (LSMU) recently secured $1.1 million from the Australian Government's Natural Heritage Trust to implement a sustainable land use planning project in six Torres Strait communities ... more
Last updated 04 October 2007