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FIDO’s Pandanus Restoration Program
Since about 2008 on the singularly beautiful island paradise of K’gari, the pandanus palm (Pandanus tectorius) has been plagued by the pandanus leaf hopper (Jamella australiae).
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Weed Spotters: Watch Out for Telegraph Weed
Native to northern Mexico and southwestern USA, telegraph weed (Heterotheca grandiflora), sometimes known as sticky daisy is a biennial or annual herb with hairy stems and yellow flowers.
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Black-breasted button-quail project comes to a close
When the BAC’s Conserving Mur’rindum (Black-breasted button-quail) on Butchulla Country project was approved in September 2020, the Du’ling Bushfire that burnt over 85,000 Ha (50%) of the island, hadn’t even started.
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Pandanus Restoration Project Update
The Pandanus Restoration Program is a joint initiative between FIDO and the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) supported by the Department of Environment and Science.
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Weed Spotters: Watch out for Bitou Bush
Although largely eradicated on the island, it’s always good to be on the watch for bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. Rotundata).
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Knowledge Sharing – increasing awareness of exotic pests and pathogens threatening the health of Country and our forests
A project developed with NSW (Aj Perkins, Tilly Davis and Angus Carnegie) and DAF (Geoff Pegg and Louise Shuey), “Developing partnerships to protect Country from forest biosecurity threats”, aims to collaboratively develop and deliver culturally appropriate environmental biosecurity training programs to increase the capacity of Indigenous Rangers, Natural Resource Management agencies (NRM) and other land managers across Australia to prepare for, detect and respond to plant pests and diseases threatening Australia’s forests.
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Monitoring Abrus Management in Happy Valley
There has been a lot of discussion and correspondence regarding the issue of weed management in the Unallocated State Land and other State-controlled lands within the Happy Valley Town Reserve.
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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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K’gari Weed Spotters: Watch Out For Alligator Weed
Native to South America, alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides is a perennial plant that grows on land in damp soil or water as dense floating mats.
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Coral Creeper Not Wanted on K’gari
It’s not difficult to understand why the coral creeper (Barleria repens), a native of Africa, became a popular garden plant in this country.
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