Promotion of the Mission Beach area, including businesses, tourism operators and local attractions.
Archives: Plan Partners
Trinity Inlet Catchment Management Association
TICMA is committed to revegetation of creeks to restore native vegetation and prevent exotic plants from being planted on creek banks by new residents. Emphasis is on community involvement with many sites now being revegetated and maintained by residents. The group also incorporates Coastal Landcare, Cairns Urban Landcare and Landcare Community Revegetation Unit.
Kuranda Envirocare
We seek to conserve and repair biodiversity in the area, and to educate the community to do likewise.
Mahogany Glider Recovery Team
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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.
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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 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).
Photo by Daryl Dickson Wildcard Art
Threats to the Mahogany Glider
The mahogany glider faces a number of threats including:
- Habitat loss and fragmentation of the remaining habitat.
- Inappropriate fire regimes leading to habitat degradation and alteration of the remaining habitat.
- Intensive grazing and weed invasion.
- Mortality and dissection of habitat as a result of easement corridors.
- Mortality from barbed wire fencing.
- 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
- Mahogany Glider Recovery Plan
- Mahogany Glider Recovery Plan Storymap (Interactive maps of Mahogany Glider habitat and other information)
- Planting Trees for Mahogany Gliders – A Guide for Revegetating Woodlands in the Southern Wet Tropics
- Paddock Trees brochure
- Helping the Mahogany Glider brochure
- Wildlife Friendly Fencing brochure
- Analysis of Mahogany Glider habitat fire regimes
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| One drive link for MGRT documents |
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Tolga Bat Rescue and Research Inc.
Tolga Bat Rescue works for the conservation of bats and their habitat and aims to improve the public’s perception and understanding of bats.
The School for Field Studies
SFS creates transformative study abroad experiences through field-based learning and research. Our educational programs explore the human and ecological dimensions of the complex environmental problems faced by our local partners, contributing to sustainable solutions in the places where we live and work. The SFS community is part of a growing network of individuals and institutions committed to environmental stewardship.
TREAT
Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands (TREAT) is a community-based tree planting organisation which revegetates degraded lands and creates corridors for wildlife on the Tablelands.
Southern Atherton Tablelands Revegetation Alliance (SATRA)
SATRA brings together representatives from a range of groups to improve communication and cooperation between tree planting organisations.
Rainforest Rescue
Rainforest Rescue protects and restores rainforests in Australia and internationally by purchasing and protecting the biodiversity of high conservation value rainforest, and by re-establishing rainforest through planting, maintenance and restoration.
North Queensland Land Management Services
Landscape repair specialists involved in natural resource management, planning, remediation, monitoring and onground environmental actions.
Muluridji Tribal Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
The Muluridji People are Traditional Owners with Native Title rights over land and waters to the north-west of Mareeba.
| Muluridji Tribal Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC | |
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| Phone | 07) 4223 6736 |
| Address | 2B Middlemiss Street Mareeba QLD 4880 |
| muluridjirntbc@gmail.com | |
| Web | https://www.nativetitle.org.au/find/pbc/7580 |
Mission Beach Community Association
MBCA represents the community with ‘one voice’ to achieve the best outcomes for the preservation of our natural environment, whilst influencing the shape of our inevitable development.