by | Mar 24, 2025 | Blog, Ecotone Article, Mangroves
Bess Murphy leading a team of volunteers for mangrove monitoring and accompanied by mangrove expert, Dr. Norm Duke.(2018) About the Author Shannon is CAFNEC’s Projects Officer and has been working for CAFNEC for 2 years. Shannon enjoys supporting the local...
by | Nov 6, 2023 | Blog, Climate
Author: Jules Seabright Jules volunteers with CAFNEC to raise awareness of climate change, its impacts, and what we can do as Wet Tropics residents to protect this special place, every day. While tree planting alone cannot curb atmospheric CO2 levels and the climate...
by | Jun 15, 2023 | Blog, Community, News, Plastic Free
Every morning, as I set out for a peaceful walk with my furry companion, little did I know that a small aquatic plant would leave a lasting impact on me. It all began when I noticed the vibrant green patches floating on the surface of the nearby creek. Curiosity got...
by | Jul 27, 2022 | Blog, Community, News, Plastic Free
We’re sad to announce that CAFNEC has formally discontinued the Drain Stencil Project and Boomerang Bags. Boomerang Bags and Drain Stencil Project were projects CAFNEC led to amplify the plastic pollution problem in the Cairns community. On September 1st, 2021 the...
by | Jun 20, 2022 | Blog, Climate
I started learning about climate change, or global warming as it was more commonly called, back in school. Back then, climate change felt far away, and yeah, I was sad for the polar bears, but it really felt like one of those issues that the adults and those smart...
by | Jun 14, 2022 | Blog, Community, Mangroves, News, Projects, Training
We’ve been running monitoring sessions in Far North Queensland estuaries since 2019 and will continue to monitor between now at 2023. The data we collect gives us the opportunity to inform on-ground action plans responding to estuary-specific threats. How do we get...
