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Balkanu was tasked to assist Indigenous communities and Ranger groups to identify degraded areas of shoreline vegetation with low resilience to climate change and improve resilience by managing threats along the eastern shoreline.
With the support of the Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, the key activities were to undertake systems repairs that will improve the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, monitoring and applying scientific methodology in maintenance and protection of vegetation and aquatic life against threats.
Local Indigenous Rangers together with research scientists were engaged to investigate, record data, weed surveys, mangrove sampling for carbon project and GPS mapping with a focus to remove existing invasive threats. Traditional Land Owners will continue to administer various protective measures to monitor feral weeds and stock impacts, erosion, fencing and community engagement to ensure a healthy ecosystem.
Balkanu was contracted as Project Director for the facilitation, management, engagement with stakeholders and service providers, training and provision of reports. Strategic development plans with Traditional Land Owners for long term protection and restoration of degraded vegetation, native habitats and effective regulations to be in place.
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We respectfully acknowledge the First Nations people in the State of Queensland, we acknowledge the cultural and spiritual connection that Aboriginal people and Torres Straits Islander people have with the land and the sea.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present as well as the existing and emerging leaders who walk together in partnership on this journey.
We want to express our thanks to all our supporters, volunteers, funding organisations and all who have worked in partnership with us, standing alongside us to help achieve our mission to bring beneficial change to Cape York’s Indigenous communities.
