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ABC Rural News: Wildlife protection groups and farmers battle over bats

Url: 
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2012/s3652864.htm
Wildlife protection groups feared the worst when a four-year-ban that allowed farmers to kill flying foxes was overturned by the LNP Government earlier this year. Despite concerns, only nine Queensland producers have successfully lodged applications for damage mitigation permits (DMP). (Wednesday, 12/12/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Sugar waste could become lucrative ingredient in drugs

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201212/s3646087.htm
Professors at James Cook University, at Townsville in Queensland, are using sunlight to convert a derivative of bagasse - known as furfural - into building blocks for highly valuable pharmaceutical products. (Monday, 03/12/2012)

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ABC Rural Feature: Digester manages chook waste

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2012/s3573255.htm
Commercial poultry farmer Geoff Ironside from Townsville has invested in a thermophilic digester which uses heat and enzymes to turn organic waste, including manure, cardboard and chicken corpses, into fertiliser quickly and efficiently. (Wednesday, 22/08/12)

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ABC Rural News: No beef with Townsville port, but regional mayors demand change

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201208/s3563371.htm
The fallout continues in North Queensland after a report revealed Townville port has been operating at just over a third of its capacity. The 50-year plan for freight infrastructure points to inefficiencies, shortcomings in facilities and a lack of transparency in the supply chain, worth $15 billion a year. (Wednesday, 08/08/2012)

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The diet of the dingo (Canis lupus dingo and hybrids) in north-eastern Australia: a supplement to the paper of Brook and Kutt (2011)

Author: 
Allen L, Goullet M and Palmer R
Journal: 
The Rangelands Journal
Url: 
dx.doi.org/10.1071/RJ11092

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Management Project - Community led reduction of gross pollution in the dry tropics region, Queensland

A community network will protect, restore and enhance areas of high environmental and cultural value in the Townsville and Palm Island regions, including part of the Bowling Green Bay Ramsar Wetland. Works will include the identification of priority marine debris hotspots and works in the Manbarra cultural heritage site. (Text from Caring for our Country funding - accessed 21 February 2012)

People involved: Sea Turtle Foundation Ltd.

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Townsville City Council - Property Pest Management Plans

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www.townsville.qld.gov.au/resident/pests/Pages/propertyplan.aspx
Townsville City Council assists landholders in the development of Property Pest Management Plans for the strategic management of pest plants and animals. Properties with a plan are eligible for a subsidy on the cost of pest control and can access weed control equipment.

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ABC Rural News: Asian bee detector dogs spring into action in North Queensland

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www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201201/s3407358.htm
Biosecurity Queensland officers and an odour detection dog are carrying out patrols in Townsville after a large number of Asian honey bees were detected. Hundreds of bees were destroyed following their discovery on a ship from Papua New Guinea.

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Christopher Gardiner

FirstName: 
Christopher
LastName: 
Gardiner
Organisation: 
James Cook University
City: 
Townsville
State: 
Queensland

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Assoc Prof Ross Alford

Contact Title: 
Associate Professor
FirstName: 
Ross
LastName: 
Alford
Position: 
Professor (Personal Chair) of Tropical Biology
Organisation: 
James Cook University
City: 
Townsville
State: 
Queensland

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