Jo Martin, Author at Kuranda Region

MEDIA RELEASE: KUR-World developer’s successive legal breaches make his “Eco-Resort” claims even more dubious

DATE: 2 June 2017 MEDIA RELEASE TO: MEDIA LIST KUR-World developer's successive legal breaches make his "Eco-Resort" claims even more dubious KUR-WORLD SITE JULY 2016: Illegal dam in background. Illegal homestead renovation mid photograph. Three additional extensive earthworks in foreground have been reported to Mareeba Shire Council and State Government. PHOTO HI-RES VERSION “Australia’s Foreign Investment Policy

MSC2016 Environmental Significance Overlay Revision Pack

Overview In September 2015, Mareeba Shire Council published the latest draft of a new plan for the Shire, which includes the Kuranda Region. A community meeting was called in Kuranda on November 8th 2015 to discuss concerns about the latest draft plan. The meeting resolved: To set up a ‘Friends of the Kuranda Region Planning Group’

MEDIA RELEASE: KUR-World 2.0: More ridiculous than the first KUR-World ‘Master Plan’!

DATE: 15 MAY 2017 MEDIA RELEASE TO: MEDIA LIST KUR-World 2.0: More ridiculous than the first KUR-World 'Master Plan'! Residents and conservationists are incredulous at the release of the latest KUR-World "Master Plan", along with a "Q & A" received from the developer's PR consultants. "This so-called 'KUR-World' proposal in my opinion just gets shonkier. It

LETTER TO MSC: Dangerous pesticides used by agricultural concerns in the middle of rural residential Koah 27 APRIL 2017

TO: Mareeba Shire Council FROM: Kuranda Region Planning Group DATE: 27 April 2017 Dangerous pesticides used by agricultural concerns in the middle of rural residential Koah Dear Council We ask Council to deal with the conflict that has been created by rezoning rural land to rural residential land in Koah and answer the following questions:

LETTER TO MSC: New data on cassowaries for inclusion in Mareeba Shire planning scheme 9 MAY 2017

TO: Mareeba Shire Council FROM: Jax Bergersen, Kuranda Conservation Community Nursery DATE: 9 MAY 2017 For the attention of Mayor Tom Gilmore and Councillors, please Over the last couple of years, Kuranda Conservation (KCons) has been collecting data relating to cassowaries in the Kuranda region. This data is currently being uploaded to the national Wildnet database.

LETTER TO MSC: Request for MLES steering group 11 MAY 2017

TO: Tom Gilmore, Councillors FROM: Kuranda Region Planning Group DATE: 11 MAY 2017 Dear Mayor Gilmore and fellow Councillors We write on behalf of the Kuranda Region Planning Group (KRPG) You'll recall that the KRPG - a network of local environmental groups and concerned residents - unsuccessfully lobbied Council for consultation (which you had promised back in

LETTER TO BIRDLIFE.ORG.AU: KBA for Kuranda (mid WTWHA) re Cassowaries 2 MAY 2017

TO: @birdlife.org.au FROM: Jax Bergersen, Kuranda Conservation Community Nursery DATE: 2 MAY 2017 We have recently become aware of your important IUCN document "A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas, Version 1.0,23 March 2016" and, due to our data collection on Casuarius casuarius, the Southern Cassowary in the Kuranda region over the

KUR-World RE: more detail please on masterplan, land clearing and area burnt and wildlife corridor

RECEIVED: 30 APRIL 2017 Dear Jo Thank you for your enquiry below. I will raise this at the next KUR-World Technical Working Group meeting scheduled for next week and get back to you as soon as possible with an answer. Regards Geraldine Dr Geraldine McGuire Manager – Community Engagement SENT: 30 APRIL 2017

KUR-World Q&A April 2017

KUR-WORLD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS APRIL 2017 Open webpage >> EXCERPTS AND COMMENTS REPLY Open PDF (sample slides below)

Kuranda Region: Wet Tropics Plan for People and Country

We are excited to announce the introduction of the Wet Tropics Plan for People and Country Portal (WTPPC Portal). Our community groups have been given the opportunity to put our work into the awesome online Portal tool. This website can then be accessible by the general public so we can keep all our efforts

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