Friday, 03 July 2009

 Telling tales 372.90 Kb

Friday, 12 June 2009

Queensland’s peak environment group, Queensland Conservation is working on tracking down its conservation champions to help celebrate the organisation’s 40th anniversary.

Executive Director, Toby Hutcheon, says the organisation is putting together a roll of honour to record the names of those people who have played a role in ensuring Queensland’s conservation heritage.

“The conservation movement in Queensland has had many victories over its 40 year history,” Hutcheon said. “Collectively we’re responsible for the establishment of Cooloola National Park, the protection of Fraser Island from sand mining, designating Cape York a wilderness area, protecting Moreton Bay from fish cages and the proclamation of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.”

“We want as many of our conservation champions as possible to come forward to be included in our roll on honour, which will be unveiled at our gala benefit dinner on Saturday 18 July.”

Nominations for the Champions of Conservation roll of honour close Friday 26 June and should be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Nominations should include details of the person’s name, current contact details and a brief description of no more than 200 words of their role in Queensland’s conservation history.

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Thursday, 11 June 2009

A series of compromises by the federal government on its pre-election commitment to take strong action on climate change has led to national and peak state-based environment organisations today uniting in opposition to the proposed emissions trading legislation.

An emergency meeting of the environment organisations, representing more than 400,000 Australians, in Canberra has also produced a new report outlining a suite of measures that can be in place within two years to put Australia within reach of halving its greenhouse emissions within a decade

The environment organisations involved are: The Wilderness Society, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Environment Victoria, Queensland Conservation Council, Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Conservation Council of SA, Environment Tasmania, Conservation Council WA, and Conservation Council ACT Region. 

Friday, 29 May 2009

Queensland Conservation  Business Sustainability Breakfast Series

The Gabba, Legends Room
Stanley Street,
Woolloongabba

Friday 17 July, 6.50 am - 9.00 am 

 A sustainable population in SEQ?
What does it look like for business and community.

Join business leaders, agency staff, developers, conservationists and researchers as we delve into the prickly topic of managing population. More than 150 people are expected to attend this breakfast event which will feature Andrew McNamara as keynote speaker and a panel of experts debating the issue and answering questions from the floor. Pastries, a hot breakfast and tea and coffee will be served.

 Keynote Speaker Andrew McNamara, former Queensland Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change.

Panelists

• Melva Hobson, Mayor Redland City Council
• Brian Stewart, CEO Urban Development Institute of Australia
• Simon Baltais, Sustainable Population Australia
• Glen Elmes MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability

 sustainable population in SEQ 267.56 Kb

Friday, 29 May 2009

A Queensland Conservation Community Forum

Walter Reid Auditorium
Derby Street, Rockhampton

Wednesday 1st July, 6.00 - 9.00 pm

Free! - RSVP requested for catering.

The Queensland Government is currently reviewing and renewing the Fitzroy Basin Water Resource Plan.

The review will examine how well the existing plan has performed. The new Water Resource Plan should put in place arrangements to achieve sustainable water resource management over the next 10 years.

It is essential for the new plan to ʻget it rightʼ for the Fitzroy River to stay healthy and to address priorities such as climate change, water quality, over-allocation, indigenous cultural values, declining surface and groundwater availability and the impacts of new mines and dams. 

Friday, 29 May 2009

In the same week that the Great Sandy area was listed by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve conservationists are seeking to have Fraser Island placed on the World Heritage in Danger List because of Queensland government neglect

Queensland Conservation member group the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) campaigned for 17 years to get Fraser Island World Heritage recognition has now asked the World Heritage Committee in Paris to identify its listing as being “in Danger” 

FIDO Honorary Project Officer, John Sinclair, said that the Queensland Government has failed to test the water quality in the islands iconic lakes for more than twelve years and is still resisting all calls to test the water now and this was endangering World Heritage values