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LOCAL NEWS and EVENTS
Photo Gallery showing some of theWorkshops held throughout the
past
Month
Successful Natural Forest ManagementField Day at Hampton - a
GreenWorksProject
In the Stanley & Upper Brisbane Catchments
December 2011
Ravensbourne & District Landcare GroupEnd of Year
activityTrapping at the PerserverancReservePhotos left: Members
inspecting the traps,Below : one of the catches (Antechinus)
Seasons Greetings to All from the Staff at Kilcoy OfficeThankyou
all for your support and efforts to improve the management of
ouland water and biodiversity resources over the last 12 months
.Please continue to forward information on you Groups Workshops,
eventsand photographs for inclusion in this Newsletter in 2012
Photo above : over 40 landholders attended theNutrition
Workshops held at Upper Yarraman
Below : Landholders attending the NFM Field Dayheld at Hampton
There was plenty of discussionwith practical sessions highlighting
sustainableforest management practices assessing foresthealth and
tree selection/retention, finishing up
with visit with a visit to a local private sawmill.
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UBRCN - GROUPS CORNMeetings - Functions - Eve
NewsUpper Brisbane Region Catchme
Network Groupwww.upperbrisbanecatchment.com
BARUNG LANDCAREPh: 5494 3151 Barung Landcare Resource Centre is
locShop 3 Riverside Centre Maleny Qld 455
Barung Landcare Nursery26 Porters Lane, North Maleny
BELLTHORPE PROGRESS ASSN/ENGROUPPh: 5496 5002 Enquiriescontact :
[email protected]
BRISBANE VALLEY-KILKOYLANDCAREPh: 5497 1253. Next Meeti7.30pm on
Wed 12 Jan 12 at The Hub K
CROWS NEST CREEK CATCHMENTGROUPPh: Frank Burgess 4698 4161
EMU CREEK CATCHMENT LANDCAGROUPPh: 4698 4748.
FEAT(Friends of Earth, Animals & TrPh: 4170 0555. FEAT now
has 2 specialgroups: A Wildlife Carers' Network and aBushcare
Group.
RAVENSBOURNE & DISTRICTLANDCARE GROUP Ph: 4697 8047.ROSALIE
NORTH LANDCARE GROUPh: 4170 0158.
UPPER BRISBANE REGION
CATCHMENT NETWORKNext Meeting General Meeting JanuaFebruary 2012
commencing 9 am. DatVenue to be advised. To assist with cplease
RSVP Ronda at The Hub, KilcoPh: 54 220516
e send information on your Groups acevents, workshops and
meeting [email protected] for inclusion in this
Newsletter.
SEQ Catchments Office - Upper Brisbane
The Hub, Shop 1, 47 Mary St, KILKOY 4515
Ph: 54220516 Fax: 54220515
Bruce Lord - Community Partnerships Manager
E : [email protected] M: 0427 013 284
Ronda Williams - Engagement Support Officer
E: [email protected]
Cheryl McLeod Community Water Quality
Monitoring OfficerE: [email protected]:
0400919250
RESOURCES - GRANTS - EVENTS
PowerPact Partnership Fund. (QLD only.) The partnership with
energy providerENERGEX supports local community groups and schools
through a financial assis-tance program. Grants are to be applied
towards energy conservation, sustainabilityand environmental
projects. The corpus of funds is boosted through a $50.00donation
from ENERGEX each time a residence enrols in the Energy
ConservationsCommunities program. For more information email
[email protected], or
view website www.energycc.com.au
The DERM Library catalogue is now available to the outside world
at http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/library/index.html (or just Google
DERM library catalogue).Books can be borrowed via interlibrary
loans but many of the publications are nowavailable for downloading
as a PDF. You can now access 'historic' publications viathe
catalogue.
STRATEGIC CROPPING LAND INFO AVAILABLE: THE State Government
haspublished a fact sheet for the rural sector regarding the
Strategic Cropping Land Billand how the new legislation will affect
farmers. The fact sheet is available at
http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/factsheets/pdf/land/l286.pdf
STATE GOVERNMENT RELEASES BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY FOR
QLD:ENVIRONMENT Minister Vicky Darling this week released the State
GovernmentsBiodiversity Strategy for Queensland, which has laid out
principles for natural re-source management in coming years. Its
key principles and objectives can beviewed in detailgo to
http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/biodiversity/biodiversity-strategy.html.
Farm Management Systems (FMS) and cooperativeapproaches with
farmers can lead to positive environmental and on-farm outcomes.The
implementation of this strategy will need to recognise the role
that farmers canplay in voluntarily managing and improving
biodiversity.
CARBON FARMING INITIATIVE OPEN FOR BUSINESS The Minister for
ClimateChange and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, Parliamentary
Secretary for ClimateChange and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus QC
and Minister for Agriculture,Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe
Ludwig, welcomed the launch of the Carbon
Farming Initiative Administrator providing exciting
opportunities for farmers,landholders and landfill operators to
participate in carbon markets.
In addition,Landholders may also benefit from the methodology
for revegetation ofland, which is currently being finalised.
Projects under this methodology willestablish forests through
planting and seeding of native species on cleared orpartially
cleared land. Along with the approved methodologies, the Carbon
FarmingInitiative regulations are now available online at
www.climatechange.gov.au/cfi. Theregulations provide information on
the requirements and obligations associated withjoining and
managing a project under the initiative.
PLEASE NOTE : for eligible primary producers and small
businesses flood andcyclone recovery assistance extended to January
2012 To find out more aboutrecovery grants and concessional loans
contact QRAA on www.qraa.qld.gov.au
