Biodiversity Archives

Proposed Subdivision of Trinity Beach Rainforest

by | Feb 8, 2022 | Community Blog, Online Community Hub

Residents became aware of a proposed 11 lot luxury gated subdivision at the base of Earl Hill in Trinity Beach, when a real estate ad appeared in January 2022 in the Cairns Post. Further investigation unearthed a 2019 development approval that had never been to...

Mass Fish Die-off

by | Feb 8, 2022 | Community Blog, Online Community Hub

As we arrived at Saltwater Lake we found council vehicles and workers about, including a boat in the water – they were scoping up dead fish by the dozens, and some were huge. They did not know the cause and were sending some carcasses off for autopsies. Unlike...

Donate: Save Our Sky Puppies

by | Nov 1, 2021

Change the laws: Save our Sky Puppies Make a donation today! CAFNEC relies on donations to continue to push for greater conservation and protection of our region’s remarkable environment. The Queensland and Federal governments are abandoning their...

Faces of our Community

by | Nov 21, 2020 | News

For one week, CAFNEC asked our community to join long-term activists, to hold vigil for the protection and recovery of our Spectacled Flying Foxes. These are the faces of our community who are against the dispersal activities being undertaken by Cairns Regional...

Spectacled Flying Fox – Take Action!

by | Nov 11, 2020

Spectacled Flying Fox – Take Action! Commit to Action in 2021 Add Your Face use our facebook frame According to Scientist David Westcott, the Spectacled Flying fox is now likely to meet the criteria for Critically Endangered. Meaning it is only one step away...