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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | CE1

Submission period on this platform has ended.  Please follow the instructions on this link to make a submission prior before 14 January 2019. Privacy The Coordinator-General is authorised to collect personal information under section 29 of the SDPWO Act. Your personal information will be used for the purpose of evaluating the draft EIS,

RESIDENT SURVEY: Glyphosate (Roundup) in Kuranda Region

MORE INFORMATION Herbicide Use in Kuranda Region - Spotlight on RoundUp & other glyphosate-based herbicides > Click here to open 10 page slideshow START SURVEY HERE Poison-Free Kuranda (SurveyMonkey) > Click here to open Pictured right: Spraying around Kuranda VillageTOPIC IN THE NEWS BELOW

Why did the cassowary cross the road?

by Jo Martin, 5 minute read with pictures :- ) It’s an oldie but goodie because the answer is, of course, obvious:  To get to the other side. The work to repair the rainforest corridor at Kuranda started 40 years ago as ‘timber-getters’ gave way to the first wave of ‘tree-changers’ choosing Kuranda to

Kuranda Region Voluntary Conservation Agreement Program

Info Session - 19 July 2018 @ Kuranda Amphitheatre Understage Thank you to all contributors of material for this information video. *The speaker index and direct links to the beginning of each talk are below the video (see START links). VIDEO INDEX -- Cathy Retter, Kuranda Envirocare, opens community session, overview,

BARNWELL / MYOLA VALLEY SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS

Please read the background information below and fill in the questionnaire.  When you click the SUBMIT button your digital submission will be sent to the following agencies: Mareeba Shire Councillors Craig Crawford MP, Member for Barron River Warren Entsch MP, Member for Leichhardt Cameron Dick MP, Minister for Local Government and Planning Leeanne Enoch MP,

BARNWELL / MYOLA VALLEY / KUR-WORLD PROPOSED ROAD & INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS

The drone video (below) can be used in conjunction with the map (under) to give a visual guide to the quality of remnant Wet Tropics rainforest scheduled for clearing to allow road, water and other infrastructure access to the Myola Valley - the site of Reever and Ocean's residential subdivision development. This forest is Cassowary

MEDIA RELEASE: Globally-distinguished biologist: protecting the Myola Valley is “vital”

DATE: 7 March 2018 MEDIA RELEASE TO: MEDIA LIST Globally-distinguished biologist: protecting the Myola Valley is "vital" The Kuranda community is mobilising to find a suitable conservation buyer for the controversial ‘Barnwell Estate’, in the event the Macao-based developer loses interest and wishes to on-sell the rural-zoned land at a fair price. Several letters of support

LETTER: RE: Tropical North Queensland Global Tourism Hub (GTH) – Expressions of interest

DATE: 27 February 2018 TO: Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning tropicalnorthqld@dsd.qld.gov.au Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment: 10 Feb 2017 - 11 Dec 2017 Curtis Pitt - Mulgrave@parliament.qld.gov.au Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development and Minister for the Commonwealth Games: 12 Dec 2017 Kate Jones - cooper@parliament.qld.gov.au,

LETTER: to The Guardian – Our wide brown land series 2018

DATE: 4 February 2018 TO: Our wide brown land Support our new series that shines the spotlight on Australia’s neglected environmental issues Help us to move these issues up the public agenda and challenge governments to do more https://contribute.theguardian.com/uk?countryGroup=au&INTCMP=aus_environment_campaign_2018   Hi WBL Team, We would like to submit our local case in Kuranda to your