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| State IssuesTelling Tales of Conservation Friday, 03 July 2009
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| State Issues40 years of conservation - seeking Queensland’s conservation champions Friday, 12 June 2009
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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| Media ReleasesEnvironment groups unite to oppose emissions trading legislation Thursday, 11 June 2009
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. + Full Story |
| State IssuesA Sustainable Population in South East Queensland? Friday, 29 May 2009
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| The Rivers ProjectWatching the River Flow: A Vision for a Healthy Fitzroy Friday, 29 May 2009
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| Nature Conservation CampaignFraser Island for World Heritage in Danger List Friday, 29 May 2009
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 + Full Story |
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