Noosa Parks Association is proud to host the Friday Environment Forum
The Friday Environment Forum is a public information exchange, provided by guest speakers, covering a range of current conservation and environmental issues. The Friday Environment Forum is held at the Environment Center at Wallace Park, Noosaville (see map below).
THIS WEEK
23 November 2018 – FINIA model and governance for a World Heritage Area (relating to K’Gari (Fraser Island)) with Sue Sargent
Guest Speaker at Friday Environment Forum on November 23 will be Sue Sargent, currently the chair of the Fraser Island Natural Integrity Alliance (FINIA), the Fraser Island World Heritage Community Advisory Committee and the Australian World Heritage Advisory Committee with a passion for Fraser Island and all Australia’s World Heritage properties.
“I first visited Fraser Island or K’gari in 2005 looking at the issue of weed and pest management across multiple tenures and identifying the need for a collaborative approach,” states Ms Sargent.
With 19 World Heritage properties in Australia including the Australian Convict sites spread across Western Australia, NSW, Tasmania and Norfolk Island, Australia has a lot to be proud of internationally. But, in a resource-limited environment with complex jurisdictions and overlapping legislation, tackling the big problems like Climate Change or Visitation Management and more importantly, managing ‘Outstanding Universal Value’ of these properties so that future generations can enjoy those same values, is the challenge. Using her work on Fraser Island (K’gari) as an example, Sue will discuss the current governance of Fraser Island (K’gari) and how this provides both challenges and opportunities for the island’s stakeholders. She will describe how models in use for Fraser Island could be applied elsewhere.
UPCOMING FRIDAY ENVIRONMENT FORUM TIMES AND TOPICS
23 November 2018 – FINIA model and governance for a World Heritage Area (relating to K’Gari (Fraser Island)) with Sue Sargent
30 November 2018 – Eastern Grey Kangaroo talk postponed to 2019 due to Noosa Library reopening at 10am. See library website for details
Arrive at 10am for a cuppa and the forum begins at 10:30am (finished by 12:15pm)
For those interested in birds, the PDF descriptions of the forum will confirm whether Valda will be leading an interpretive birding walk at 8:30am, before the Friday Environmental Forum.
