BE PART OF FRASER ISLAND’S FUTURE

A 2020 Vision for Fraser Island:

A new focus for the Great Sandy World Heritage Area

Revised, one day agenda: 12 August 2004
With optional field trip through Great Sandy WHA - 13 August 2004
Noosa Lakes Resort, Noosa,

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New Revised Program(PDF)
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Media: Tracks in the sand: transport issues on FI (PDF)
Media: Can wildlife and people live together? (PDF)
Media: Fraser Future Forum in Noosa (PDF)

Dense rainforests, perched lakes, incomparable beaches, clear streams and communities of species found nowhere else in the world: Fraser Island, the world’s largest sand island, wears the twin crowns of natural values (World Heritage and national park listing) and tourism mecca (an estimated 345,377 visitors last year). Balancing these potentially conflicting superlatives while protecting natural values in the Great Sandy Region over the next 20 years requires 20/20 vision.
Pandanus in Eli Creek
Focussing on the future of Fraser Island and the Great Sandy Region, and on making the best use of ideas and information in planning that future
Fraser Island and the Great Sandy Region World Heritage Area are valuable resources and responsibilities for a range of state and local governments; local, national and international interests; businesses; researchers; visitors and a variety of conservation and other interest groups.  This conference will bring together interested stakeholders, groups and individuals; offer information, innovation and inspiration; and facilitate networking and communication opportunities to develop a vision of the region’s future and find ways of meeting the challenge of providing sustainable, balanced management of this unique resource.
PROGRAM
Opening speaker   
Hon John Mickel MP, Queensland Minister for the Environment
Keynote address   
Dr Geoff Mosley, Peak Environmental Enterprises
Moderator       
Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe AO, Griffith University
Sessions include:
  • The nature of Fraser Island and the Great Sandy Region
  • World Heritage: honours and obligations
  • Tourism in Protected Areas
  • Transport and waste management options
  • Community engagement in natural areas
Speakers include:
  • David Jehan, EDI Rail, author "Rack Railways of Australia"
  • Terry Harper, Southern Regional Director, Environmental Protection Agency
  • A/Prof. Ron Boyd, School of Environmental & Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
  • Rebecca Hoare, Senior Associate in Environment & Planning, Deacons Lawyers
  • Prof. Ralf Buckley, International Centre for Ecotourism, Griffith University
  • Daniel Lynch & Chris Waites, Hervey Bay City Council
  • Roger Feeley, Hervey Bay City Council & HLA Envirosciences
  • Dr Darryl Jones, Suburban Wildlife Research Group, Griffith University
  • Gary Smith, Managing Director, Kingfisher Bay Resort & Eurong Beach Resort
  • Tony Charters, Tourism Queensland
  • A/Prof. Ron Neller, Director, Institute for Sustainability, Health & Community Engagement, University of the Sunshine Coast
  • John Sinclair, FIDO
 
 HOSTED BY FRASER ISLAND DEFENDERS ORGANISATION (FIDO) FIDO Logo
Enquiries by e-mail to 2020@fido.org.au Enquiries regarding registration only may be made after 14 June to the Conference Registrar, the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, during office hours on tel: (07) 3368 2066 or use our  registration form.

FIDO gratefully acknowledges our sponsors.

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