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’s Guest:
Feb 22 2019 – Fighting Back – Saving Australia’s Threatened Wildlife with Sarah McKenna from Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC).
Discover, how the world’s largest private conservation organization, AWC, is implementing groundbreaking new initiatives to save Australia’s wildlife from extinction across more than 4.65 million hectares in iconic places such as the Kimberley, Cape York, Lake Eyre and the Top End. AWC protects more native Australian wildlife than any other non-government organisation. An exciting new model for conservation has been developed – a model that delivers an exceptional return on investment and is capable of reversing the sharp decline in Australia’s natural capital.
Upcoming Friday Environment Forum Guests
Feb 22 2019 – Fighting Back: saving Australia’s threatened wildlife with Sarah McKenna
Mar 01 2019 – Lichens with Vanessa Ryan
Mar 08 2019 – Tiny Houses with Jimmy Hirst
Mar 15 2019 – Simpson Desert with Bob Tooth
Mar 22 2019 – Assessing Drones for Monitoring Humpback Whales with Emily Gregory (USC Honours Student)
Mar 29 2019 – Fishing for the Past with Dr Julian Pepperell
Attendance at these forums is open to anyone who appreciates Noosa’s beautiful natural environment and would like to know more about its care and protection
Want to come but can’t use stairs? There is a smooth ramp suitable for wheelchairs and strollers leading right into the Environment Centre. Entry is between Wallace House and the Environment Centre, off the first car park coming in from the Eumundi-Noosa Road roundabout.
We enjoyed our wonderful speakers in 2018 and here are a few highlights:
March 2018
The use of community land has become a hot topic, and Mayor Tony Wellington explained Council’s approach to this vexed issue on March 9.
April 2018
Martin Fingland of Geckoes Wildlife presented “Weird and Wonderful Wildlife”. This special ‘school holidays’ forum was designed to give children and their parents a hands on experience with some common and not so common Australian animals in April 2018
May 2018
Tony Groom spoke about the risks of Ecotourism in National Parks on May 4. A topic that is sure to be discussed again in 2019.
August 2018
Ken Wishaw outlined how we can have quality lighting and simultaneously reduce the harmful effects on our environment in August 2018
October and November 2018
The rainforest at Wanggoolba Creek, K’gari, featured in two forums in 2018, in October and November
Please come along to the Noosa Parks Association Environment Centre, at 5 Wallace Drive Noosaville, on Friday mornings in 2019 to learn more about our extraordinary environment. Everyone is welcome.
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Past Guests:
Feb 01 2019 – Man-made tree Hollows with Marty Harris
23 November 2018 – FINIA model and governance for a World Heritage Area (relating to K’Gari (Fraser Island)) with Sue Sargent
16 November 2018 – The Edge of Memory with Patrick Nunn, USC
09 November 2018 – Friends of Lake Weyba with Anita Blake
02 November 2018 – How To Turn A Weed Ridden Creek Into Great Habitat with Julia MacDonald
26 October 2018 – K’Gari a documentary on Fraser Island
19 October 2018 – The Birds at my Table with Prof Darryl Jones
12 October 2018 – Energy trends in India: Getting power where it’s needed with Charles Warringham
05 October 2018 – Seaweed: Good for you and the environment with Nicholas Paul, USC
28 September 2018 – Kids Leading Kids: Meet our local junior Eco Warriors with Liz Diggles
21 September 2018 – Aeolids, a Spikey Little Nudibranch with Gary Cobb
14 September 2018 – Platypus, an iconic little Australian with Kon Hepers
31 August 2018 – Scientific Background to ‘Bring back the fish’ with Dr Simon Walker and Bryan Walsh
24 August 2018 – The Night Sky with Ken Wishaw
17 August 2018 – Latham’s Snipe, a mysterious migrant with Lyn Scott
August 10 2018 – Container refund scheme with Daniel Phipps, QLD Department of Environment
August 03 2018 – Jellyfish with Rayleen Draper, USC
July 27 2018 – Certificate of Exemption for Aboriginal People with Aunty Judi Wickes, USC
July 20 2018 – Ramsar Wetlands with Sheena Gilman
July 13 2018 – Progress on Linking Noosa, Tewantin and Cooloola National Parks with Dr. Michael Gloster, NPA President
July 06 2018 – Eastern water dragons in the city with Coralie Delme, USC
June 29 2018 – History of Camels in Australia – Documentary
June 22 2018 – Keep it in Kin Kin with Phil Moran & Rachael Lyons, Noosa & District Landcare
June 15 2018 – Flamingos with Dr Angela Wardell-Johnson
June 08 2018 – Environmental Threats of the Galapagos Islands with Valentina Cruz
June 01 2018 – Waste in the tomato industry with Tara McKenzie
May 25 2018 – World of Bats with Les Hall AM
May 18 2018 – Pandanus Update with Joel Fostin
May 11 2018 – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, REFUSE!! with Elizabeth Beaumont
May 04 2018 – National parks: where to from here? with Tony Groom
April 27 2018 – Waste Management with Emma Menzies, Noosa Council
April 20 2018 – Amazing Avian Anatomy – things birds have that we don’t with Jessica Drake
April 13 2018 – ‘More Plastic than Plankton’ – excerpts from the film ‘A Plastic Ocean’
April 06 2018 – Weird and Wonderful Wildlife with Martin Fingland of Geckoes Wildlife
Mar 23 2018 – Mephisto: The Last German ‘First World War’ Tank with Greg Czechura, Queensland Museum
Mar 16 2018 – Why Fungi Travel with Patrick Leonard
Mar 09 2018 – The Use & Stewardship of Public Land in Noosa Shire with Mayor Tony Wellington
Mar 02 2018- Disappearing Species of the Sunshine Coast with Dr Scott Burnett (USC)
Feb 23 2018 – Why do the latest scientific findings keep changing? with Rod Jamieson
Feb 16 2018 – Pelagic Seabirds of the Sunshine Coast’s Offshore Waters, with Greg Roberts
Feb 09 2018 – Noosa Climate Change Adaptation Plan, with Grant Hinner, Noosa Council
Feb 02 2018 – The role of farmers in climate solutions, with Verity Morgan-Schmidt