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Wet Tropics (WT)

Qld Gov News Release: Myrtle rust spreads to Wet Tropics

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http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/30_21704.htm
Biosecurity Queensland's state-wide program that is monitoring the spread of myrtle rust, a serious fungal disease of plants, has confirmed further significant detections in the ecologically sensitive Wet Tropics in North Queensland. (14 May, 2012)

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Terrain NRM eNews: Lessons from Yasi reviewed

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1163:key-lessons-from-yasi-reviewed&catid=3:news&Itemid=152
Terrain has captured dozens of stories relating to the impact of Yasi on the natural environment from land managers and key interest groups across the cyclone affected area. A panel of community and government representatives recently reviewed the stories that came out of workshops which captured the 'Lessons from Yasi'. (July, 2012)

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Terrain NRM eNews: Mahogany Gliders a golfing icon

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1162:mahogany-gliders-a-golfing-icon&catid=3:news&Itemid=152
Golfers in Cardwell are sporting alongside an endangered population of 'slender rope dancers'. Mahogany Gliders share their home with visiting and local sportsmen and women alike in this unique arrangement where they literally 'forage in the rough'. (July, 2012)

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Terrain NRM eNews: Bloomfield cleanup boosts indigenous skills

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1161:bloomfield-river-mouth-banabila-reserve-restoration-project&catid=3:news&Itemid=152
Traditional owners of the Banabila reserve are gaining new employment opportunities improving the environment on a neglected beach in the northern reaches of the wet tropics region. The Bloomfield River Mouth Reserve Restoration Project has stimulated the formation of a management group for the Weary Bay Area which includes the Banabila Reserve. (July, 2012)

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Terrain NRM eNews: Death by a thousand cars

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1155:death-by-a-thousand-cars&catid=4:media-releases&Itemid=124
An endangered cassowary ran out in front of a bus at Mission Beach last month and was killed. A cassowary in her early 30s was euthanized after being hit by a car on the same road this week. The drivers were understandably upset. The first cassowary was too badly damaged to identify. (July, 2012)

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Terrain NRM eNews: Almost $5 million for Wet Tropics farmers

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1165:reef-rescue-improves-with-age&catid=3:news&Itemid=152
Farmers in the Wet Tropics region have been offered Reef Rescue grants to a combined value of almost $5 million, enabling more projects to be funded in the region this year than in any of the previous rounds of Reef Rescue Water Quality Incentive Grants. The $4,832,439 will go towards funding an impressive 271 farming projects aimed at upgrading farming practices to better manage soil, and pesticide and nutrient inputs, thereby improving the quality of water in nearby waterways. (July, 2012)

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Are feral pigs (Sus scrofa) a pest to rainforest tourism?

Author: 
Koichi K, Cottrell A, Sangha KK and Gordon IJ
Journal: 
Journal of Ecotourism
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dx.doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2012.703672

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Aboriginal rangers’ perspectives on feral pigs: Are they a pest or a resource? A case study in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area of northern Queensland.

Author: 
Koichi K, Cottrell A, Sangha KK, and Gordon IJ
Journal: 
Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues

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Decision Point article: Tracking cassowaries

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http://www.decision-point.com.au/images/DPoint_files/DPoint_60/dpoint_60.pdf#view=Fit&pagemode=bookmarks&page=12
Combining good data with effective conservation planning may help save cassowaries. (June 2012)

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Terrain NRM news: Pressures on Pelorus

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1144:pressures-on-pelorus&catid=3:news&Itemid=152
Pelorus Island is another one of the Wet Tropics region's beautiful places, and its endangered rainforest is under threat and struggling to recuperate after TC Yasi. (June 2012)

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