Dr John Sinclair AO, founder of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) died on 3rd February 2019. FIDO is honoring the outstanding contribution John made to conservation generally, and Fraser Island (K’gari) in particular, by establishing the John Sinclair Memorial Lecture. This pioneering conservationist spent decades fighting first sand mining and then logging on K’gari Continue reading
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Save the date – The Inaugural John Sinclair Memorial Lecture Saturday 7th March 2020
Dr John Sinclair AO, founder of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) died on 3rd February 2019. FIDO is honoring the outstanding contribution John made to conservation generally, and Fraser Island (K’Gari) in particular, by establishing the John Sinclair Memorial Lecture. This pioneering conservationist spent decades fighting first sand mining and then logging on K’Gari Continue reading
2020 Cooloola BioBlitz on 20, 21 and 22 March 2020
Full details on the Cooloola BioBlitz Website. Download the flyer The team have an exciting lineup of expert Team Leaders across a broad range of plants, animals, insects and fungi and even a Bryophytes (moss etc) expert coming for the first time. We also have a wonderful program with a range of presenters for the evening Continue reading
Ten Basic Conservation Campaigning Rules
A few simple tips from John Sinclair Originally written in 1975 but the basic tips are just as valid in the 21stCentury 1) When in Doubt, Ask Questions: If you are not satisfied with something but you are not yet in a position to say something about it in an informed way, ask questions. This Continue reading
FIDO’s K’gari E-News 16
Download FIDO’s K’gari E-News No 16 Summary Calendar of Significant K’gari events 2019 25 February – Deadline for submissions on Great Sandy Marine Park Zoning Plans 13-15 March – BMRG’s Australian Biosphere Conference, Maryborough Brolga Theatre 17-19 May – Cooloola BioBlitz #2 31 August – Community, Culture, Collaborations Conference, Hervey Bay Eurong Weeding 2019 FIDO has been Continue reading
FIDO’s K’gari E-News 15
Calendar of Significant K’gari events 2018/2019 4th November 2018 – Great Sandy Strait Boat Cruise 18-24 November 2018 – Happy Valley Weeding & bush regeneration February 2019 – Cooloola Colloquium University of Queensland 13-15 March 2019 – BMRG’s Australian Biosphere Conference, Maryborough Brolga Theatre Cooloola BioBlitz #2 31 August – Community, Culture, Collaborations Conference, Hervey Bay Restructuring FIDO For almost Continue reading
Spiders From the Coolola Bioblitz 24-26 August 2018
Download the full report, including stunning photographs Spiders From the Coolola Bioblitz 24-26 August 2018 © Robert Whyte 2018 Introduction Spiders (order Araneae) have proven to be highly rewarding organisms in biodiversity studies1, being an important component in terrestrial food webs, an indicator of insect diversity and abundance (their prey) and in Australia an understudied Continue reading
Summary Report of Cooloola Citizen Science BioBlitz
Weekend of 24thto 26thAugust 2018 Ninety seven people signed on for this first BioBlitz in Cooloola to document as much of the Cooloola area’s living natural resources — plants, animals, invertebrate, fungi and more, as possible. Seven target areas were defined for close scrutiny selected because they represented distinctive habitat types that were all easily Continue reading
President’s Annual Report 2018
In the last 12 months since my last Annual Report, FIDO has continued to pursue projects to protect K’gari (Fraser Island) as well as continuing our strong educational, collaborative and advocacy roles. Much of the last year has been involved in actively planning ahead as FIDO develops its vision for 2020 both for K’gari and Continue reading
FIDO’s K’Gari E-News 14
The lead-up to the Cooloola BioBlitz to be held next weekend, 24-26 August, has been a particularly busy time for FIDO activities. The BioBlitz has been a wonderful collaboration with Cooloola Coast Care. It is on target to have 100 participants as it attracts attention from far and wide. It should advance both citizen science and Continue reading