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IUCN Conservation Outlook Report Released for K’gari
Every three years, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) undertakes an independent evaluation of the conservation outlook for all natural World Heritage properties. Given COVID-19, there was a slight delay in the latest round, with the latest reports released in October 2025.
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K’gari Research Conference 2025 – Call for Abstracts
The University of the Sunshine Coast, along with partners the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation (BAC), the Butchulla Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (BNTAC), the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) and FINIA – the Natural Integrity Alliance for K’gari, is excited to announce the biennial K’gari Research Conference Voices of K’gari: Research, Respect and Responsibility on Monday and Tuesday, 10-11 November 2025.
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Tracking the Lifeblood of K’gari: Collaborative Water Research on a Changing Island
On Queensland’s World Heritage-listed K’gari, water is both sacred and abundant. But where does this water come from? How long has it been beneath the ground? And how might climate change affect its future?
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Cultural burning on K’gari
In September 2024, the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) collaborated with Butchulla Traditional Owners to conduct cool burns on K’gari as part of the Galangoor Gira (Good Fire) project. These burns took place on one of their Aboriginal Freehold Land blocks, known as Oysterman’s Lease.
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Butchulla Cultural Camp: Conserving Water Knowledge
The Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation’s (BAC) Butchulla Water Stories project has now moved into Phase 2, supported by a Great Barrier Reef Foundation Reef Trust Partnership Healthy Country grant.
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FIDO Weather Station Upgrade
The FIDO weather network started in October 2015, to investigate John Sinclair’s observation that rainfall becoming more localised. The first station was established at Happy Valley with a subsequent station at Eurong in December 2016, followed by Cathedrals, and Orchid Beach in April 2019 and Kingfisher in September 2019 completing the current network.
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Endangered Species Find for K’gari
Is it an eel? Is it a vampire fish? No, it’s a brook lamprey!
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WetCAT Training for BAC
Between 18-20 June, ten Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation Rangers joined trainers Kylie McPherson and Julieanne Blake, from DESI’s Queensland Wetlands Program for WetCAT training.
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Butchulla Water Stories: Seagrass Watch
Seagrass is an important part of Butchulla Country, with seagrass meadows throughout the Great Sandy Strait supporting significant shorebird, fisheries, turtle (milbi) and dugong (yuwang’kan) populations.
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Tackling Invasive Species with Data
Exotic species are reaching Australian shores at unprecedented rates, due to increased human movement and trade. Each introduction of an invasive species poses a potential threat to Australia’s unique biodiversity and ecological communities. Invasive species monitoring is therefore essential to understanding their spread, range, and abundance in Australia.
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