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Post-fire Recovery Action Update
Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) has wrapped up its first round of Queensland Government-funded Fire Rehabilitation projects.
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Fraser Coast Council launches K’gari Waste Management & Resource Recovery Strategy
In January 2021, Fraser Coast Regional Council were granted funding under the Australian Heritage Grants Program 2020-21 to support the development and implementation of a Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy for K’gari (Fraser Island).
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K’gari Climate Adaptation Project
The K’gari Climate Adaptation Project (CAP) is a Butchulla-led co-design with NESP Climate Systems Hub and the Department of Environment and Science (DES). The project will integrate Butchulla ecological and cultural knowledge – informed by the best available climate science and knowledge of World Heritage values.
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Returning K’gari’s Name to the Island – Consultation Starts
Queenslanders can have a say on officially renaming the iconic Fraser Island as its Indigenous name, K’gari.
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K’gari – Butchulla Land Returned to her People
The Butchulla people will be able to look after Country forever for future generations following a historic land handover ceremony held on 14 June in the K’gari (Fraser Island) World Heritage Area.
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Weed Spotter Alert: Autograph Tree
The first records of naturalisation of an unusual tree have very recently been made in coastal south-east Queensland.
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Orchid Beach Shaves for a Cure
In late 2020, Waddy Point Ranger Jeremy Thompson joined Leukemia’s World’s Greatest Shave identifying March 4 2022, as his shave date.
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Sustainable Visitor Capacity Study of K’gari (Fraser Island)
The Department of Environment and Science (DES) is funding a sustainable visitor capacity (SVC) study of the Cooloola Recreation Area, Bribie Island National Park and K’gari (Fraser Island) and has engaged EarthCheck Pty Ltd to deliver this.
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K’gari Seed Collection – A Volunteer’s Perspective
This April, I and several other Conservation and Land Management students from TAFE Queensland were given the opportunity to take part in a seed collection project for the purpose of bush regeneration after the 2020 fires on the island.
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Post-fire Recovery Action Plan: Foredune Rehabilitation
Earlier this year, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) asked FINIA and FIDO to help implement the IGEM K’gari Ecological Assessment Monitoring and Research Report’s recommendations.
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