Mareeba Shire Council

Provision of local government services to the Mareeba Shire, including economic development, urban planning, water and waste management, health and environment services and community wellbeing.

Mandingalbay Yidinji

Mandingalbay Yidinji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (Djunbunji Land and Sea Program)

Mandingalbay Yidinji People have had their Native Title rights recognised over areas near Cairns, clearing the way for the MY People to carry out their traditional activities and help manage and protect the land. The Djunbunji Land and Sea Program was established to actively engage in the management of country on behalf of Mandingalbay Yidinji people. Djunbunji Land and Sea Program provides a sustainable ranger service on Mandingalbay Yidinji country with a team of Aboriginal Rangers and a Land and Sea Coordinator based at Grey Peaks National Park.Straddling the Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Areas in Far North Queensland, Mandingalbay Yidinji country lies just east of Cairns across Trinity Inlet and includes a great diversity of environments – marine areas, mangroves, freshwater wetlands, rainforest clad mountains, coastal plains, beaches, reefs and islands.

Mandingalbay Yidinji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC Djunbunji Land and Sea Program
Phone0477 002 55407) 4056 8283
Address 35A Norman St
Gordonvale  Qld  4865
1928 Yarrabah Rd
Bessie Point Qld
PostalPO Box 540
Gordonvale  Qld  4865
PO Box 329
Gordonvale QLD 4865
Email
dale@djunbunji.com.au
dale@djunbunji.com.au
Webhttps://www.nativetitle.org.au/find/pbc/2765www.djunbunji.com.au
Mabi Forest Recovery Team

Mabi Forest Recovery Team

To protect and rehabilitate Mabi Forest and, where possible, expand Mabi Forest into adjacent areas through an integrated program of habitat protection, on-ground management, rehabilitation, research and public involvement.

Lion Pty. Ltd.

Lion Pty. Ltd.

We produce, market and distribute some of Australia’s most iconic brands in milk, dairy beverages, cheese, yoghurt, juice and soy.

Mission Beach Cassowaries

Mission Beach Cassowaries

Information, awareness, research, education and action to improve the survival and protection of the Cassowary. As an endangered and nationally listed species, there is help being directed towards protection and hopefully recovery of Cassowary numbers, but there is still much that needs to be done. The concern and action of everyone who resides in the Wet Tropics area is needed to save this bird. If the whole community takes up the challenge, we could save the Cassowary.

Mitchell River Watershed Management Group

We are an independent, not-for-profit organisation working in partnership with local communities and stakeholders towards a balanced approach to the use of the catchment resources and sustainable and integrated management of the Mitchell River catchment area.

Mulgrave Landcare and Catchment Group Inc.

Mulgrave Landcare’s priority activities are riparian and wetland restoration, sustainable and profitable agriculture, water quality, community engagement and partnerships and emerging issues.

Kuranda Envirocare

We seek to conserve and repair biodiversity in the area, and to educate the community to do likewise.

Mahogany Glider Recovery Team

Mahogany Glider Recovery Team Membership

The Mahogany Glider Recovery Team (MGRT) provides advice and coordinates actions identified in the Mahogany Glider Recovery Plan. The MGRT includes representatives from organisations with a direct interest in the recovery of the Mahogany Glider, including those involved in funding and those participating in actions that support the recovery of the species.

Daryl Dickson, a member of the Mahogany Glider Recovery Team and the Wildlife Preservation Society Queensland, talks about the mahogany glider and the work being done to protect this amazing species

Mahogany Glider Recover Team

Mahogany Glider Distribution

The mahogany glider is listed as Endangered on the list of threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Nature Conservation Act 1992 and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. They are only known to occur in a narrow band of open, wet sclerophyll woodlands between Ollera Creek (40 km south of Ingham) and the Hull River near Tully (a north–south distance of 122 km), in North Queensland, Australia.

Mahogany glider habitat has been reduced by approximately 50% as a result of broadscale clearing for agriculture purposes and the remaining habitat is highly fragmented with only five core populations remaining. The estimated population of the mahogany glider is approximately 1500-2000 individuals (Burbidge, et al., 2014) and numbers are likely to be reducing as a result of degradation of the habitat and the devastating impacts of Tropical Cyclone Yasi had across the entire distribution of mahogany glider habitat in 2011 (Winter, 2011).

MGRT Glider Photo

Photo by Daryl Dickson Wildcard Art

Threats to the Mahogany Glider

The mahogany glider faces a number of threats including:

  1. Habitat loss and fragmentation of the remaining habitat.
  2. Inappropriate fire regimes leading to habitat degradation and alteration of the remaining habitat.
  3. Intensive grazing and weed invasion.
  4. Mortality and dissection of habitat as a result of easement corridors.
  5. Mortality from barbed wire fencing.
  6. Extreme climatic events including tropical cyclones and severe wildfires.

The MGRT is addressing these threats through a variety of projects.  The most recent project Connecting the Dots has been funded by the Department of Environment and supported by the Threatened Species Commissioner.

Opportunities to Help

The Mahogany Glider Recovery Team is always looking for volunteers to assist with projects, including monitoring, tree planting, fund raising and other activities. If you are interested please contact Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (Tully/Cardwell Branch).

If you are a landholder who would like to improve the habitat on your property, the team is always looking for new opportunities to assist landholders to plant trees, tackle weeds, install wildlife friendly fencing and implement appropriate fire regimes. If you would like to know more about how we can help and what funding may be available please contact Terrain NRM on (07) 4043 8000 or email Jacqui.richards@terrain.org.au.

If you would like to donate to the Mahogany Glider Recovery Team or fund a specific project please contact Terrain NRM on (07) 4043 8000 or visit our campaign page – Saving the Endangered Mahogany Glider.

More Information

Members only mapping portal
MGRT mapping portal
One drive link for MGRT documents 
Onedrive