Community for Coastal and Cassowary Conservation
About C4
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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, organised 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.
C4 established five working groups to achieve these aims:
- Habitat
- Education
- Rural
- Nursery
- Rescue and Rehabilitation
With representation and advice from the local indigenous people (Djiru).
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.
