Category: Nature & Environment
Environment / They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Local residents are questioning the legalities of Douglas Shire Council building a parking lot in a a wetland protection area in the Great Barrier Reef catchment area, extending Cowrie St into endangered littoral rainforest.
Environment / Dugong found dead, tethered to ocean floor near Mowbray River
A happy day fishing and adventuring with friends ended for young Abel Terry with a tragic find near Mowbray River on Sunday July 26, 2020.
Breaking / Locals saddened by destruction of established trees at Langley Rd development site
Devastated locals concerned with the destruction of established trees and habitat for wildlife have shared video and photography with DouglasNews.Network this morning.
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.
Pesticide contamination on the Great Barrier Reef
Researchers have found that the Great Barrier Reef is contaminated with multiple pesticides “We found 99.8 per cent of the samples contained pesticide mixtures with…
Research Article / Native Far North Queensland taros are an underutilised resource
Native taro could be a new horticultural crop for Far North Queensland, as they can be used for ecological weed management to replace chemical herbicides.
Perspectives / Extensive damage by vehicle use on Wonga Beach
“It is no longer appropriate, the volume of traffic is growing rapidly, it is largely unmanaged, environmental damage is substantial and the quiet amenity is lost to speeding vehicles” Mr McDonald said.
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.
Douglas Shire / Planning limits to urban growth
Lans use planning has been the foundation for thirty years of local Douglas prosperity and nature conservation. Urban expansion will undermine economic growth.