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Welcome to the first my.Wildlife eBulletin of the year. 2007 is shaping up to be an important 12 months for wildlife and conservation: climate change is beginning to dominate discussion in media and politics at last; water is rivalling climate as the number 1 topic; and the forthcoming federal election is likely to bring many environmental issues into sharp focus. Let my.Wildlife eBulletin keep you in touch with environmental issues, local and regional, during 2007. |
Oyster Point walls fall
North Queensland WPSQ members, Alliance to Save Hinchinbrook and the North Queensland Conservation Council are all concerned about the effects of the construction and other parts of the development on the environment in this sensitive and important area. Read more... |
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WPSQ represented on GAB advisory council
Des Boyland, Wildlife Queensland’s Policies and Campaigns Manager, has been appointed to serve a 3-year term on the Great Artesian Basin (GAB) Advisory Council, which provides strategic management advice to Queensland’s Minister of Natural Resources and Water. Find out more |
February deadline: Fish farms feedback
The draft policy released on 11 January 2007 has already drawn fire from conservation groups opposed to the pollution and damage to biodiversity caused by industrial fish farming. Find out more and respond online or email Aquaculture Project Officer of the Department of State Development and Trade. |
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For your diaryFarmland to Fraser SymposiumBurnett Mary Regional Group is running a 2-day program of field visits and presentations on the resources of the local region 19–20 February 2007. Registration is free. Find out more Final Batty Boat Cruise 2007Treat your friends and family to the last Batty Boat Cruise of the year on Sunday 4 March 2007. Gift passes, tickets and bookings Celebrate Sea WeekWildlife Queensland’s Bayside Branch invites you to take a leisurely and informative morning tea cruise on Sunday 10 March 2007. Bookings by 3 March 2007 Living with Koalas in Beaudesert ShireLogan and Albert Conservation Association is holding its second ‘Living with Koalas’ community workshop on Sunday 11 March 2007 at 2.30 in Logan Village Hall. Find out more For more information about this and other events visit the WPSQ Green Diary |
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The Supreme Court has upheld Cardwell Shire Council’s Marine Parks permit to allow breakwater walls to be constructed at Keith Williams’ controversial Oyster Point development in the World Heritage listed Hinchinbrook Channel, despite allegations that the rock walls are sinking before they are even finished.
DPI versus ferals
The management body of one of the State’s most significant water resources has recruited WPSQ to help represent conservation interests in its decision making.
Regional communities across Queensland have been urged to have their say on the State Government’s Marine Aquaculture Policy Green Paper by 23 February 2007. 
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