Barron Delta Mangrove Protection Campaign

The Barron Delta Mangrove Protection Campaign was launched to protect the mangrove wetland threatened by the proposed redevelopment of the Cairns Airport.

Mangrove wetlands are an endangered ecosystem and integral to the survival of our oceans, commercial and recreational fishing, tourism, and of course the inhabitants of the strange mangrove world.

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26 March 2012

Letter to Michael Trout MP, Member for Barron River.

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26 March 2012

BDMPC Update:

Who should care? Local residents should as the bunding of 100 hectares of floodplain would certainly cause chaos in surrounding residential areas

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10 March 2012

Rob meets with the Cairns Airport's CEO Kevin Brown and spends an hour and a half with him on the Jack Barnes Bicentennial Mangrove Boardwalk (airport mangrove boardwalk).

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Mangrove Man

The Sun - 7 December 2011

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The current Airport Draft Land Use Plan makes mention of a “movement expansion precinct” that could consume up to 100 hectares of pristine mangroves.

Our request to the Cairns Airport is that they restrict site redevelopment to the area already cleared. The minister for local government will review their land use plan and has the final say on the matter.