Voice of the Regions - April 2009
Burnett Mary Regional Group
Fire and biodiversity workshops
During February, the Burnett Mary Regional Group in partnership with the SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium held two-day workshops on biodiversity and fire monitoring at Bundaberg and Kilkivan. Land managers from the Burnett Mary region and beyond came together to learn about the relationship between fire and biodiversity...more
Rove becomes wild about wildlife
Well known television personality Rove McManus has become an ambassador for conservation in Australia...more
Desert Channels Queensland
Environmental awards with a gold lining
It was a case of a gold medal presenter for gold medal worthy achievements as environmental leaders and innovators in the region were recognised at the Nissan Central West Industry Excellence Awards 2009...more
Fitzroy Basin Association
FBA trials webinars in its lunchbox series
People interested in sustainable land management from across the state have been catching up over lunch, without leaving their desks, thanks to a new webinar project...more
Event examines cropping at the cutting-edge
Combining technology and cropping to achieve the greatest gains in productivity and sustainability was the focus of a field day in Wowan-Dululu, near Rockhampton in February...more
Connectivity key to environmental health
More than 30 volunteers and community members celebrated the connection between wetlands, other waterways and the health of an entire catchment area in honour of World Wetland Day (WWD) 2009...more
Northern Gulf Resource Management Group
Reducing the bellyache in the Upper Walsh River
Weed management is identified as important in the Northern Gulf Plan for natural resource management (NRM) which was developed by the Northern Gulf NRM Group in consultation with the community...more
NQ Dry Tropics
Funding received for Queens Beach restoration
NQ Dry Tropics (formerly Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM) and Whitsunday Regional Council are working together on a six-month project to improve Queens Beach in Bowen...more
Linking landscapes in the Burdekin Dry Tropics region
An area in the Burdekin Dry Tropics region called the northern Brigalow Belt is one of fifteen national biodiversity hotspots in Australia...more
New name for the future
In a move to embrace a whole-of-region focus, Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM has changed its name to NQ Dry Tropics with a tagline of ‘land and water solutions’...more
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
School leaders learn how to go green
Setting up worm farms and chicken pens to help use food wastes are just two of the ideas some innovative students have come up with to help their Queensland Murray-Darling Basin schools become more environmentally sustainable...more
Carp Busted at Thallon
Anglers from across the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin will enter the Carp Busters Series 2009, all hoping for their share of the prize money...more
Parthenium control ramping up
Fifteen landholders across the Maranoa-Balonne and Borders Rivers areas will soon be ramping up their fight against a weed that costs farmers and graziers across the state $22 million annually, with some help from the Queensland Murray-Darling Committee (QMDC)...more
QMDC promotes large scale water use efficiency
The Queensland Murray-Darling Committee (QMDC) has released an independent technical report outlining the wins for agriculture, regional communities and the environment available through large scale water use efficiency measures...more
Reef Catchments
Reef Catchments has launched the Island Arks Symposium
Reef Catchments launched the Island Arks Symposium website to accept expressions of interests for a brand new national symposium on island biodiversity to be held in December 2009. ...more
terrain NRM
Barra unable to survive in 'wasteland'
A preliminary investigation into the health of the Cattle Creek wetlands has declared the system a ‘dead wasteland’ and unless it is drained, fish won’t survive...more
Carbon trading in the wet tropics with Degree Celsius
In an ambitious endeavour to mark one of Australia's first regional carbon pooling initiatives Terrain’s Degree Celsius Joint Venture has lodged the Wet Tropics Region Project Development document of the Community Carbon and Biodiversity website...more
Miriwinni State School Plants and People Garden
Students at Miriwinni State School in Far North Queensland, have a new meeting place to learn about and appreciate beautiful regional native plants, thanks to a grant from Landcare Australia and the generosity of the local community...more
Last updated 15 April 2009