Zela Bissett reports Over the weekend August 2- 4 a team of dedicated experts and citizen scientists gathered at the Rainbow beach Community Centre for a Bioblitz. What exactly IS a Bioblitz? A BioBlitz is an intense period of biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within a designated area. Groups Continue reading
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The John Sinclair Memorial Lecture 2024 with guest speaker Dr Bob Brown
Saving life on Earth will take civil insurrection On the 15 June 2024, Dr Bob Brown delivered a rousing oration on the environment, politics, society and activism. The latest science charts massive storms, sea level rise, fires and extinction yet the corporate foot is on the accelerator and the absurdity of growth economics prevails on Continue reading
Saving K’gari: The Campaign to save an island by John Sinclair
John Sinclair had completed writing his book before his death in February 2019, the manuscript was edited and published in June 2024. The book was launched at the John Sinclair Memorial Lecture by Bob Brown on 15 June 2024. “John Sinclair stands tall … as one of the great environmental achievers of his time. This Continue reading
MOONBI 140
The FIDO publishing team have finished compiling and editing MOONBI 140 which is available now. Download MOONBI 140 Table of Contents for MOONBI 140 President’s Report Team Leadership Thoughts on FIDO’s Future directions What is a Bioblitz? My Brother John The Pandanus Problem Project Work Paper of Weeds: Utilising the weeds of K’gari K’gari’s Dingoes Continue reading
The John Sinclair Memorial Lecture 2024 – Guest Speaker Bob Brown
Honouring the outstanding contribution Dr John Sinclair AO made to conservation, this years lecture will be delivered by renowned environmentalist Dr Bob Brown. ‘Saving life on Earth will take civil insurrection’ The latest science charts massive storms, sea level rise, fires and extinction yet the corporate foot is on the accelerator and the absurdity of Continue reading
FIDO now a registered charity
December 2023 FIDO received a welcome Xmas present. After many tries FIDO is now registered as a charity. This will allow us to get access to a larger pool of grant funds and if we achieve tax deductible status we will be able to accept donations and the donors will be able to claim the donation on Continue reading
K’gari conference Djaa-Ngarawinj (Land and Sea) report November 9th and 10th 2023
On November 9 and 10, FIDO members attended the K’gari conference at the Fraser Coast campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast. At this two-day event, our own Peter Shooter presented a session on the Pandanus restoration programme that FIDO has been running with Isaac Neisler and his team. The conference hosted a number Continue reading
From the President December 2023
From Zela Bisset FIDO President This is a quick update on things I have done since becoming president of FIDO, which are related to preserving the natural environment and learning more about it. The first group of photos is of a wildflower walk I attended with Glen, my husband, run by the Fraser Coast branch Continue reading
FIDO Update Newsletter – November 2023
What’s going on with FIDO at the moment? I know we’ve been a bit lax with the communication so I am trying to put something quickly together that helps everyone get an overview of various aspects of FIDO’s work. The short trip group from Maryborough had just come back this afternoon on the barge. I Continue reading
The Towards 2050 K’gari Research Symposium – Registrations Close 19 November
A USC-led symposium is aiming to develop a research strategy to help ‘future-proof’ K’gari, the world’s largest sand island, over the next three decades. The Towards 2050 K’gari Research Symposium will bring together the island’s traditional custodians, the Butchulla People, researchers, students, environmental groups and other stakeholders at USC’s Fraser Coast campus on Friday 26 November. Continue reading