Whitsunday Conservation Council

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We are privileged to live in a beautiful place

The World Heritage Listed Great Barrier Reef is on our doorstep. Our flora and fauna are endangered, our rivers, seas and springs in peril and the Reef is under existential threat.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report shows our future depends upon urgent climate action. “This is a code red for humanity. The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable…    This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet”                                                                                                                     — UN Secretary General, António Guterres 9th August 2021

From Our Blogbook
Runoff

Death by Dirt

As I went for a walk in our beautiful Bicentennial Park the other day, I was extremely disappointed to see that both sides of the creek were

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Heather Marshall - Cannonvale Qld April 24, 2021
Rubbish

Marine Debris

What Rubbish… Who would have thought marine debris could be so interesting? Or that one of our past serial offenders is none other than the Bureau of

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Dr Lindsay Simpson - Shute Harbour Qld April 12, 2021
ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR 2021
NASA CLIMATE CHANGE DATA
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Aussie Backyard Bird CountWeek finished 24-10-21
Aussie Backyard Bird Count Oct 18-24

Our Mission

To conserve and protect the unique, natural assets of the Whitsundays through advocacy, education and action.

sUSTAINABILITY
To promote the community benefits of sustainable ecosystems as a legacy for our region.
SCIENCE BASED RESEARCH
To promote science-based research to preserve the natural environment for public appreciation and enjoyment.
PROTECTION
To promote projects which protect native fauna and flora and their habitats and prevent the extinction of indigenous species.
ADVOCACY
To educate and lobby decision makers and individuals for greater awareness and better outcomes relating to the conservation of our region.
CONSERVATION
To facilitate access for people of all abilities to the natural environment for their appreciation, education and enjoyment.
gET INVOLVED
To foster an active involvement of the community to carry out the objects of the association.

The Whitsunday Conservation Council acknowledges the Ngaro, Gia, Juru and Birri People, the Traditional Custodians of the land and seas upon which we meet to conduct our activities.  We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.