This World Wetlands Day (2 February) we are encouraging South East Queenslanders to take time out to look at simple things every household can do to protect these vital but threatened areas.
All living things depend on wetlands and we have an enormous wetland of global significance right here in our backyard.
Photo credit: NASA
A new strategic plan is being developed to ensure that runoff from urban areas is managed according to the world’s best practices to protect water quality in the Great Barrier Reef.
The plan is being driven by an active collaboration, which has been tackling the issues associated with urban water runoff in the region for over 11 years.
New research is delving into how the adoption of sustainable practices can be fast-tracked by integrating social science and research.
Promising Australian research is looking into how the latest cutting-edge technology could be applied to water sensors to create a new breed of automated, low-cost water monitoring options.
We are now a year into an innovative Lungfish Habitat Rehabilitation Program which is restoring critical Australian Lungfish breeding habitat in the Brisbane River. We thought it would be a good time to check in on the progress made so far.
The Ramsar Wetland Weed Eradication project at Hays Inlet aims to improve the ecological functioning of the conservation area, a mosaic wetland of saltmarsh, mangroves, intertidal wetlands, and buffering open forest and woodland.
A novel and much-needed koala conservation project has kicked off in Queensland, squarely aimed at helping address the worrying substantial decline in koala populations faced across many parts of eastern Australia.
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We acknowledge that the place we now live has been nurtured by the Traditional Custodians of this Country for tens of thousands of years, and that their physical, cultural and spiritual custodianship of our land, water and skies is ongoing.
