Welcome to my.Wildlife eBulletin number 4 for 2007.

Queensland’s wildlife is under pressure from all fronts – increased population growth and increased temperatures. You can help us continue to be a voice for wildlife by donating to Wildlife Queensland’s annual appeal. Please note that Wildlife Queensland’s latest newsletter is now available online. If you currently receive a paper b&w copy and would prefer to receive your newsletter online, in colour and ahead of the post – and save trees, money and resources – email today.

Population vs wildlife environment

The Queensland Government is forcing south-east Queensland local authorities into irreversibly committing large tracts of land to development – a move that will push ecosystems to the point of collapse – in order to accommodate a million more residents.

Wildlife Queensland wants people to approach their State representative, the Queensland Government ministers responsible and their local authority to halt this action.

Oppose this population growth that threatens the environment.

Quoll network allies with WPSQ

The Quoll Seekers Network (QSN), founded in 2001, has become a Wildlife Queensland program with the aim of running the highest quality quoll monitoring and awareness projects in Queensland.

Wildlife Queensland has received funding to run a large spotted-tailed quoll monitoring and awareness project in the Border Ranges. The QSN website, including the projects fact sheets and other quoll information, will be available through the Wildlife Queensland website.

Find out more about the QSN

WPSQ glides into FNQ

In May, Wildlife Queensland visited Far North Queensland to expand the activities of its Queensland Glider Network (QGN) into mahogany glider territory.

The community around Cardwell took the opportunity to find out about this endangered and beautiful glider, including installing nestboxes, attending displays and committing to glider monitoring.

Find out more about the QGN in FNQ and see WAM winter 2007 for more on mahogany gliders and barbed wire.

Winter WAM faces global warming

Ice melts. Temperatures fluctuate. We know climate change is happening and affecting us, but how do we measure and monitor impacts? In a global program of scientific cooperation, a group of researchers are using rainforest biodiversity to establish tools and benchmarks -- and one of the research sites is here in south-east Queensland, in Lamington National Park. Read 'View from a BATH' in Wildlife Australia's Winter 2007 issue for details.

Subscribe to WAM and make sure you receive your copy of WAM Winter 2007. New subscribers receive a free DVD.

WPSQ’s annual appeal

Wildlife Queensland has launched its annual appeal for 2007. We have been protecting and promoting wildlife for nearly 50 years. Help us to make sure our native animals continue to be part of our environment.

Help us continue to be your voice for your wildlife

For your diary

World Environment Day

World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.

Queensland Rainforest Forum

Share the latest rainforest knowledge, research and community action in forums, field trips and poster presentations. Griffith University 25–27 June 2007. Find out more

Bird migration and avian flu

Hear about the current situation: bird migration of China, Europe, Africa and South-East Asia; and the spread of H5N1 (plus the international poultry industry and a bit of bird smuggling too) on 11 July at Boondall Wetlands Centre, Brisbane. Find out more

For more information about this and other events visit the WPSQ Green Diary

Wildlife Queensland Newsletter

You can download a full colour copy of the Wildlife Queensland Winter 2007 newsletter (~770kb). If you also receive a hardcopy of the newsletter, but would rather just download the pdf format file, please cancel your hardcopy by email with your name, address and reference number (if known).

Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland.
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Ph: +61 7 3221 0194 Fax: +61 7 3221 0701

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