National Parks Association of Queensland in Milton | Non-profit organisation

National Parks Association of Queensland

Locality: Milton

Phone: +61 7 3367 0878

Address: 36 Finchley St 4064 Milton, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.npaq.org.au

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25.01.2022 A Daintree River Bridge - ongoing tensions between access to nature and impacts https://www.abc.net.au//daintree-bridge-prospect-/12896022

24.01.2022 The bushfire royal commission's final report is a stark warning of a future marked by extreme weather impacts of climate change. The commissioners describe their task at the very top of the report as "looking to the future". And they are very clear about what that means. "Extreme weather has already become more frequent and intense because of climate change; further global warming over the next 20 to 30 years is inevitable," they say. And as for what that means for fire regim...es, they don't mince their words. "Catastrophic fire conditions may render traditional bushfire prediction models and firefighting techniques less effective," they say. The report notes there's essentially nothing we can do about "locked in" warming set to occur over the next two decades. But what happens after that is up to us. Warming "beyond the next 20 to 30 years is largely dependent on the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions", it says. https://www.abc.net.au//bushfire-royal-commission/12835096

24.01.2022 We know that spending time in nature makes us feel good, and there’s growing evidence that it really is therapeutic. But could it be used as a medical treatment? That’s a question doctors in Scotland are asking. GPs on the Shetland Islands have been prescribing nature to patients as part of their treatment since 2018 and now a number of doctors in Edinburgh will be part of a pilot program to see if Nature Prescriptions can be delivered in the same way in an urban setting. https://www.abc.net.au//doctors-in-scotland-are-p/12897268

23.01.2022 Come down and see us on this beautiful Sunday at the #greenheartfair in Chermside today.

22.01.2022 Every once in a while, along comes a photo that says it all. The above photo was taken on Vancouver island in Canada and it has sparked an international outcry. As a person that values scientific investigation and conclusion I find this photo prompts a visceral and deeply sad response: Why? Because even in the present the timber of this tree is seen as more valuable than its being allowed to stand. Because this approach to natural resources is not confined to one island in Ca...nada it is global. Because science points to the need to conserve 30% of the earth's land surface but our consumption and addiction to economic growth overrides this. Because I am a part of this!! - Graeme Bartrim, former NPAQ President See more

19.01.2022 From Tasmania: Scientists are cautiously celebrating the best year in a decade for what may be the world’s most critically endangered parrot after at least 40 birds returned to a breeding site in remote Tasmania. Orange-bellied parrot numbers have fallen so sharply in recent years that scientists consider it at risk of extinction within five years. Just 23 birds arrived at the species’ breeding site at Melaleuca, deep in the Tasmanian world heritage wilderness area, last spri...ng. But a year on, scientists are expecting to double that number after the successful release of parrots from a captive breeding program a year ago. https://www.theguardian.com//orange-bellied-parrot-best-ye

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11.01.2022 From overseas: Voters in Colorado, USA have narrowly approved a ballot initiative that paves the way for gray wolves to be reintroduced back to the state for the first time in more than 80 years. It's the first time a US state has voted to reintroduce an animal to the ecosystem, and there's plenty of space - the Southern Rockies contains millions of acres of suitable habitat. https://www.nationalgeographic.com//colorado-approves-gra/

11.01.2022 While native fish levels in the Murray-Darling Basin are just a fraction of what they were before European colonisation, it is encouraging to see congolli (Pseudaphritis urvilli) and pouched lamprey (Geotria australis) numbers much higher than they were in recent years. https://theconversation.com/good-news-from-the-river-murray

11.01.2022 We're chasing waterfalls this #throwbackthursday. Have you been to this gorgeous spot on the Ship Stern Circuit in Lamington NP? :Tony Parsons - 2012

09.01.2022 One of the world’s biggest gliding mammals, Australia’s once-common and unique greater glider, actually comprises three separate species, according to new genetic research. Researchers said the findings should prompt urgent work to better understand the three species which are under pressure from rising temperatures, bushfires and land-clearing. https://www.theguardian.com//two-new-greater-glider-specie

08.01.2022 After two decades of trial and error, a team of scientists has finally bred the Kroombit tinker frog in captivity in the hopes of preventing its extinction. The frog is thought to number 200 at best and is found only in small patches of rainforest at Kroombit Tops National Park, a plateau about 70 kilometres south-west of Gladstone in central Queensland. https://www.abc.net.au//first-kroombit-tinker-fro/12877268

07.01.2022 The platypus has lost 22 per cent of its habitat in just 30 years, leaving it likely to meet the criteria for threatened species, according to research led by the University of New South Wales and commissioned by a coalition of conservation groups. Dams, land clearing and introduced predators are among the biggest threats. https://www.abc.net.au//research-shows-platypus-u/12910412

07.01.2022 From NSW: Indigenous rangers from the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community are working to revive in Booderee National Park, on the southern side of Jervis Bay, some of our most threatened native species. Eastern quolls are being reintroduced from Tasmania, which is the last place they have survived in the wild. The rangers and other parks staff are also propagating endangered bandicoots, potoroos, Australia’s rarest banksia species and the scrub turpentine tree - which has been decimated across its east coast range by the exotic myrtle rust fungus. https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au//indigenous-rangers-bring?

06.01.2022 #Scenicsunday this week has us hiking out to Middle Kobble camp in D'Aguilar National Park. Here you get to set up camp at the top of Kobble Creek waterfall. Remember to tag us in your adventure pics from the weekend! #hiking #adventure #hikingadventure #hikingaustralia #hikingtrails #daguilarnationalpark #kobblecreek #nationalpark #queensland

06.01.2022 Queensland’s first all-women Aboriginal ranger crew are part of the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation rangers, based in the coastal town of Cardwell, and have been conducting cool burns across the region. https://www.sbs.com.au//meet-queensland-s-first-all-women-

03.01.2022 Don't Miss This Unique Opportunity An online forum focused on how Minister Scanlon plans to address expanding national parks and other protected areas, climate change and better ways to reduce and manage waste is being held tonight at 6:30pm. It's not too late to register and contribute: https://www.queenslandconservation.org.au/evening_with_the_

01.01.2022 From Victoria: A 10km fence to keep out foxes, deers and cats will be built across the Yanakie isthmus on Victoria’s Wilsons Promontory to create a 50,000-hectare native wildlife sanctuary. The $6m fence is designed to protect vulnerable species including ground parrots, the southern brown bandicoot and long-nosed potoroo in the national park, south-east of Melbourne. https://www.theguardian.com//predator-proof-fence-10km-bar