Some FIDO initiatives to address the threats of Colton Coal to Great Sandy Strait The probability of long-term and on-going impacts from the proposed Colton Coal mine on Great Sandy Strait are too serious to ignore. Our concerns have led FIDO, the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) and other concerned groups including Great Sandy Continue reading
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Call for Volunteers to work on K’Gari 2018
FIDO has been conducting week-long working bees to tackle the urban weeds of Fraser Island for more than a decade. These are both enjoyable and very satisfying projects mixing work, recreation and exploring Fraser Island. Details of FIDO’s past working bees based at Eurong can be found at www.fido.org.au. These projects are funded with grants Continue reading
Moonbi 136, World Heritage History and What is Wilderness
Moonbi 136 Since MOONBI 135 FIDO continues to run a busy program of engagement with the community, with traditional owners and other stakeholders in K’gari to protect its natural integrity. Some of these programs and projects are described in MOONBI including the 7th Biennial (T,T&T) Conference and the war against Jamella that FIDO has actively Continue reading
The Colton Coalmine
From a personal perspective of the environmental impacts on and off the site. By John Sinclair AO Download the presentation: Eumundi Colton Presentation – John Sinclair
President’s Annual Report 2017
Fraser Island Defenders Organization President’s Annual Report — July 2017 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. Download the full report: President’s Annual Report 2017
FIDO’s K’Gari E-News 10
The Fraser Island Defenders Organisation has been engaged in many priority projects so far in 2017 with our biggest project our Biennial K’gari Conference coming up on 16th August. See details pp 3-5. Already there have been six working bees to restore the natural integrity of Eurong and Happy Valley and another to carry out Continue reading
FIDO’s K’Gari E-News 9
The big event of the year for FIDO was the Beach to Birrabeen BioBlitz that was held only a few of weeks ago. But so much more has happened. John Sinclair recently completed a trip through western China visiting nine World Heritage sites along the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau while volunteers spent two Continue reading
The First K’Gari BioBlitz
From 28 November to 4 December, 2016 a multidisciplinary team based at the University of the Sunshine Coast’s (USC) Dilli Village Research and Education Centre carried out the first of what are hoped to be regular BioBlitzs to better document the species on Fraser Island (K’Gari). The BioBlitzs are a kind of stocktake to develop Continue reading
Observations on some Chinese Natural WH Sites
During October 2016 with other Australians I got a chance to see five natural and one mixed World Heritage site in Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces of western China. I also visited three Cultural sites. All were in high altitude areas near the edge of the Tibetan Plateau where the basic height was 2,000 metres but Continue reading
FIDO’s K’Gari E-News 8
MOONBI 134 went into the mail distribution on 13th September. It hasn’t included some of the more topical issues and these are some updates. This issue deals almost exclusively with filling in the background to just two topical issues: 1: the establishment of the Barbara Winkley Scholarship and 2: reports from FIDO’s Annual General Meeting Continue reading