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FINIA Field Trip 2023

May 4th and 5th were the dates of this year’s FINIA annual tour of K’gari. Each year FINIA aims to have one two-day meeting on K’gari. FINIA is a community-based partnership dedicated to the protection of the K’gari World Heritage Area’s natural integrity and ecological assets to help ensure that all stakeholders are successfully cooperating in caring for K’gari.

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Wanggoolba Creek Daga-minjugin Project Success

In October 2022, nine women spent two days clearing overgrown vegetation along heavily congested parts of Wanggoolba Creek next to the boardwalk at Central Station’s Day Use Area. Vegetation built-up in Wanggoolba Creek areas was to be reduced to restore hydrology/flow and improve the creek’s aesthetics. 

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Successful Partnership Preserves Butchulla Scarred Tree

A quick response from BAC Directors, Butchulla members and Land and Sea rangers, QPWS rangers and the Coastal and Islands teams means a significant scarred tree near Central Station on K’gari will be preserved well into the future.

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Beyond the Black Summer Bushfire

In April 2022, the BAC commenced an exciting new project to reinstate Butchulla cultural burns on K’gari. Partnering with the Everick Foundation and supported by a 2-year Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grant from the Australian Government, the project takes a staged approach to building BAC and partner capacity to support cultural burns on K’gari.

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Consensus-Building on K’gari’s Fire Management

The University of the Sunshine Coast has received Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Funding (QRRRF) to facilitate a three-day workshop to gain consensus on K’gari fire management.

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Myrtle Rust, the Silent Killer

Myrtle rust’s impact on our native ecosystems has now been captured on film. This film introduces myrtle rust and its cultural, social, and ecological effects on Australia’s native environment.

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4WD Clubs Help Clean-up K’gari

4WD QLD volunteers have been cleaning up K’gari (Fraser Island) since 2001. 

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FINIA Annual Field Trip 2022

From May 26 to 27, FINIA members participated in their annual two-day Field Trip to K’gari.

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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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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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