Category: Daintree News
Daintree River Crossing / Ferry or Bridge?
MEDIA RELEASE BY DOUGLAS SHIRE COUNCIL Replacing the ferry service with a bridge over the Daintree River has been debated passionately in the community for…
Douglas Shire Council / People-Free Public Consultation
Douglas Shire Council holds secret meeting to decide upon public consultation. Before Douglas Shire Council at tomorrow’s Ordinary Meeting is a recommendation for another round of public consultation concerning whether a bridge should replace the Daintree River ferry.
Nature / Native Nutmeg
Myristica insipida is our native nutmeg, an important food source for the Torresian imperial pigeon.
Environment / Carbon neutral, Reef Safe Initiative back on track following land sale
🍃 Original concept gets legs again thanks to land trust purchase
🍃 Tourism industry, Traditional Owners and conservation sector to support
🍃 Douglas Shire Council yet to decide about becoming carbon neutral
PERSPECTIVES / Daintree Interdependence
The Daintree Coast contains some iconic and familiar landscapes, from the wet tropical rainforests to the Great Barrier Reef, and the complicated labyrinth of mangrove systems in between. What most people don’t know is that these various systems are intricately interdependent. In reality they are not separate systems at all, but three parts of a fantastically complex whole.
Daintree / Conservation Block sale on agenda for Council’s special meeting tomorrow
⟼ CEO recommends Council sell Lot 83
⟼ Lot 83 was purchased by the previous Council for carbon offsets, rainforest restoration and related uses
⟼Buyer is Queensland Trust For Nature and Rainforest Rescue
Perspectives / Why does the Daintree Coast still need saving?
The Daintree Coast is struggling with what is there today. We constantly hear calls from a small cohort of those residents to provide services that were always going to be beyond the scope of the nation’s taxpayers or local ratepayers. Services that are not in keeping with the very place in which they had chosen to live.
DAINTREE POWER / Scheme Requires Major Clearing
Power scheme proposes to clear World Heritage Daintree Rainforest
DAINTREE POWER / The Future Of Micro-Grid?
What is the future of the micro-grid project?
Approximately 60 residents attended a presentation in Diwan on Sunday by Daintree Renewable Energy Inc.’s Russell O’Doherty and Volt Advisory Group Project Manager Richard Schoenemann, as the Daintree Micro-grid project pushes further toward shovel ready.
Daintree Power / Microgrid project pushes closer to being shovel-ready
NATALIE JOHNSON Approximately 60 interested residents attended a presentation in Diwan yesterday by Daintree Renewable Energy Inc.’s Russell O’Doherty and Volt Advisory Project Manager Richard…