Top media issues affecting regional NRM this week
Major coverage
· Australian Institute of Marine Science said that it is too early to tell what impact herbicides are having on marine life in the Great Barrier Reef
· The Federal Government will delay its emissions trading scheme for a year. The Government has slashed the price of carbon from $40 a tonne to $10 a tonne and says there will be unlimited permits.
· Graziers have been recognised for their conservation work, but that will not stop the State Government from imposing tougher vegetation control measures.
Of interest
· QMDC spoke to the students from the UQ taking part in a three-day field trip to examine real life examples of landscape scale management of natural resources, about current projects occurring across the Border Rivers catchment.
· QMDC farmers have implemented more than 66 kilometres of contour banks and 10 kilometres of waterways to help protect 1320 hectares of agricultural land.
· Both the Condamine Alliance and Toowoomba Regional Council have been devastated by a spate of vandalism at Bowenville Reserve.
· A team of researchers and businesses are trying to find the most carbon friendly way to treat soils called Caring for our Country Landcare Sustainable Practices Program, it is a collaborative approach with the Fitzroy Basin Association and the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group.
