Healthy Land & Water and a host of its partners across South East Queensland are delivering a range of activities to reduce threats and restore habitat in and around Quandamooka (Moreton Bay), alongside project delivery partners including Traditional Owners, private landowners, land managers, and local environmental groups.
The region’s waterways provide many important benefits such as clean and safe drinking water, habitats for recreational and commercial fishing, and a reliable water source for agricultural productivity.
Rivers, creeks, lakes, and beaches that are easily accessible are important places of recreation where locals can walk, cycle, swim, boat, fish, camp, picnic, and socialise. South East Queensland residents also spend and save money using local waterways for recreation, which contributes to the economic value of the area.
A key signifier of a healthy marine ecosystem, seagrass, has returned to many areas of Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) thanks to combined efforts and long-term targeted investments in catchments across South East Queensland.
There has been significant long-term recovery of seagrass in southern Deception Bay which was lost entirely in 1996. Seagrass meadows in Bramble Bay, which have not been seen since the 1970s, have also recovered over the past two years and are now widespread in waters off the southern Redcliffe Peninsula.
The Report Card provides an assessment of the ecosystem health of South East Queensland’s waterways via A-F health grades. The release of the annual Report Card results is the culmination of twelve months of scientific monitoring at 312 freshwater, estuarine, marine, and event monitoring sites throughout the region as part of the Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program, the EHMP.
Collaboration is a major success factor in science-practice partnerships according to a new research paper.
The practical research delved into the key enabling and limiting factors that influence the success of science-practice partnerships.
Australian fishing conservation charity OzFish Unlimited launched the largest community-driven shellfish reef restoration project in Australia today at the Port of Brisbane Shellfish Recycling Centre.
Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) is home to many of the ocean’s marine megafauna and a new report developed by Traditional Owners aims to prevent vessel strikes as boat use and shipping continue to grow.
The Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation (QYAC), supported by Healthy Land & Water through Australian Government funding, has led the study which proposes a series of actions to reduce the impact of marine vessels on large marine fauna such as whales, turtles, dolphins, and dugongs in Quandamooka.
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