by | Jun 25, 2014 | Past Events
The Cairns Regional Council is shaming the city in pursuing a permit to cut back Heritage listed trees by up to a further 25%, at the Cairns City Library. This was carried as a resolution at a Council meeting today, 25 June 2014. The Council also cut down a Heritage...
by | May 1, 2014 | Media Release
MEDIA RELEASE 28/04/2014 Cairns flying-fox dispersal: wasting money and ignoring advice The Cairns and Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC) is opposed to the relocation of the flying-fox colony in the Cairns CBD for economic, ecological and animal welfare reasons....
by | Nov 11, 2013 | Submission
Council and the Novotel resort want to disperse the spectacled flying-fox colony from the Cairns CBD. They plan to trim the trees around the Cairns City Library until the flying foxes disperse, and to remove these trees if needed. These large and beautiful trees are...
by | Oct 1, 2013 | Submission, Volunteer
Watch this space for more information on how you can help protect the flying foxes!
by | Sep 17, 2013 | Ecotone Article
By David Westcott, Stream Leader & Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO The recent debate about the management of flying-foxes in Cairns set me to wondering about the history of their interaction with Europeans in the Far North. Cairns’ old newspapers, the Cairns...
