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C4 General Meeting - Saturday 11th May, 5pm
Guest speaker is Dinouk Perrera - Principal Ranger with the Wildlife Management Unit, Dept of Environment and Science.
Dinouk will talk about how we can live with cassowaries and how they can live with us- a topic of ongoing importance in the Mission Beach area which is widely recognised as having the highest density of cassowaries in the Wet Tropics.
The Wildlife Management Unit is tasked with dealing with all wildlife incidents including rescuing injured, orphaned and separated cassowaries and chicks as well as catching crocodiles which are 'in the wrong place'. Some of these animals need to spend some time in the Garners Beach Cassowary Recovery Centre.
With recent changes to the operation of the Cassowary Recovery Centre (the 'cassowary hospital'), C4 is intending to play a greater role in the day-to-day management of the Centre. C4's belief is that the Mission Beach community should have greater involvement in caring for cassowaries which need to recover from an incident.
We expect that this meeting will lead to an interesting and informative discussion, so welcome visitors as well as members.
After the meeting, everybody is invited to stay for supper and further discussion. We encourage people to 'bring a plate' to share.
For further information, ring C4 40687197 or 0429179152.
C4 General Meeting - Saturday 11th May, 5pm
Guest speaker is Dinouk Perrera - Principal Ranger with the Wildlife Management Unit, Dept of Environment and Science.
Dinouk will talk about how we can live with cassowaries and how they can live with us- a topic of ongoing importance in the Mission Beach area which is widely recognised as having the highest density of cassowaries in the Wet Tropics.
The Wildlife Management Unit is tasked with dealing with all wildlife incidents including rescuing injured, orphaned and separated cassowaries and chicks as well as catching crocodiles which are 'in the wrong place'. Some of these animals need to spend some time in the Garners Beach Cassowary Recovery Centre.
With recent changes to the operation of the Cassowary Recovery Centre (the 'cassowary hospital'), C4 is intending to play a greater role in the day-to-day management of the Centre. C4's belief is that the Mission Beach community should have greater involvement in caring for cassowaries which need to recover from an incident.
We expect that this meeting will lead to an interesting and informative discussion, so welcome visitors as well as members.
After the meeting, everybody is invited to stay for supper and further discussion. We encourage people to 'bring a plate' to share.
For further information, ring C4 40687197 or 0429179152.
Our Focus And Aims
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Today, C4 focuses on Habitat, Education, Nursery and Rural matters.
The aims are:
* To implement the Cassowary Management Plan, Mission Beach environs;
* To promote and support World Heritage values;
* To identify and ensure the retention of environmentally significant areas;
* To liaise with all levels of government and have input into all planning and development that impacts on the social, economic and environmental well being of the Mission Beach community;
* To maintain a heightened community awareness of environmental issues through education and dissemination of information;
* To establish and maintain a gift fund for the acceptance of gifts made to the association for the association's environmental purposes.
Through the working groups and the vision statement of "Knowing Keeping Sharing", C4 undertakes to protect Mission Beach's natural values to ensure a healthy environment, community and economy. We believe Mission Beach can develop and maintain its unique identity, including being a place where you can still see a cassowary in the wild.
The aims are:
* To implement the Cassowary Management Plan, Mission Beach environs;
* To promote and support World Heritage values;
* To identify and ensure the retention of environmentally significant areas;
* To liaise with all levels of government and have input into all planning and development that impacts on the social, economic and environmental well being of the Mission Beach community;
* To maintain a heightened community awareness of environmental issues through education and dissemination of information;
* To establish and maintain a gift fund for the acceptance of gifts made to the association for the association's environmental purposes.
Through the working groups and the vision statement of "Knowing Keeping Sharing", C4 undertakes to protect Mission Beach's natural values to ensure a healthy environment, community and economy. We believe Mission Beach can develop and maintain its unique identity, including being a place where you can still see a cassowary in the wild.
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About C4 - Our History
gunday & jinju by Leonard Andy
The constant pressure of development on Crown Land at Mission Beach, all of which is now critical cassowary habitat, was the impetus for a group of twelve locals to get together to form Mission Beach's first incorporated conservation group, the Movement for Responsible Coastal Development.
In 1990 the newly elected State Labor Government, with the assistance of several local councils and the Tully branch of Wildlife Preservation Society Queensland (WPSQ), organized a conference at Mission Beach to discuss the plight of the cassowary. The outcome of this conference was the establishment of the Consultative Committee for Cassowary Conservation (C4). C4 was a consortium of local community groups, local councils, government departments and other agencies such as CSIRO.
The two groups amalgamated and incorporated in 3 June 1994, to become the Community for Coastal and Cassowary conservation (C4). C4 originally established five working groups to achieve these aims, with representation and advice from the local indigenous people Djiru.
In 1990 the newly elected State Labor Government, with the assistance of several local councils and the Tully branch of Wildlife Preservation Society Queensland (WPSQ), organized a conference at Mission Beach to discuss the plight of the cassowary. The outcome of this conference was the establishment of the Consultative Committee for Cassowary Conservation (C4). C4 was a consortium of local community groups, local councils, government departments and other agencies such as CSIRO.
The two groups amalgamated and incorporated in 3 June 1994, to become the Community for Coastal and Cassowary conservation (C4). C4 originally established five working groups to achieve these aims, with representation and advice from the local indigenous people Djiru.
The C4 Gift Fund - 'GiveNow'
Help Save The Cassowaries
The latest estimates suggest the total Australian population of the Southern Cassowary numbers only between 1,200 and 1,500 adults. Some of the many problems facing cassowaries are:
Loss of habitat through clearing for residential settlement and agricultural expansion.
Fragmented habitat (especially from roads and subdivisions).
Vehicle traffic (road kills are the number one cause of adult Cassowary deaths).
Dogs (which are especially aggressive to chicks and juveniles), feral pigs (impact on the cassowary habitat).
How Will The Funds Be Used
Appeal funds will be used to create a revolving fund to purchase residential rainforest, and adjacent land in the Mission Beach area, which is vital to the long-term survival of the birds.
The Queensland Government’s Land Titles Act enables landowners to place a legally binding Conservation Covenant on their land.
After purchase, C4 will place a legal covenant on the title deed establishing the residential site on the land and Cassowary habitat.
Once the covenant has been placed on the land to ensure the perpetual availability of wildlife habitat, the land will then be resold for residential purposes, freeing up funds for further land purchases. Click on the green GiveNow button above if you are interested in helping out.
Help Save The Cassowaries
The latest estimates suggest the total Australian population of the Southern Cassowary numbers only between 1,200 and 1,500 adults. Some of the many problems facing cassowaries are:
Loss of habitat through clearing for residential settlement and agricultural expansion.
Fragmented habitat (especially from roads and subdivisions).
Vehicle traffic (road kills are the number one cause of adult Cassowary deaths).
Dogs (which are especially aggressive to chicks and juveniles), feral pigs (impact on the cassowary habitat).
How Will The Funds Be Used
Appeal funds will be used to create a revolving fund to purchase residential rainforest, and adjacent land in the Mission Beach area, which is vital to the long-term survival of the birds.
The Queensland Government’s Land Titles Act enables landowners to place a legally binding Conservation Covenant on their land.
After purchase, C4 will place a legal covenant on the title deed establishing the residential site on the land and Cassowary habitat.
Once the covenant has been placed on the land to ensure the perpetual availability of wildlife habitat, the land will then be resold for residential purposes, freeing up funds for further land purchases. Click on the green GiveNow button above if you are interested in helping out.
No this isn't a new postman on the block, just a cassowary checkin' out the unusual mailbox! South Mission Beach.
A link to informative Mission Beach documents regarding projects, plants, animals & resources go to: https://terrain.org.au/projects/threatened-species/mission-beach/. Click here for Theatrette hire.
*What to do in Mission Beach - check out this site for some tips & visit the Home page too: http://travelpilz.com/12-great-things-in-mission-beach/
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