by Reef Ecologic | Dec 13, 2020 | Capacity Building
Traditional Owners along the Queensland coast possess important sea-country connections with the Great Barrier Reef. A history spanning thousands of years many Traditional Owners hold knowledge and wisdom about how we can best live sustainably with our natural...
by Nathan Cook | Dec 13, 2020 | Capacity Building, Leadership, Reef Restoration
A highly-successful workshop was held at Orpheus Island Research Station last month to look at ways to improve collaboration between scientists, traditional land and sea owners, tourism business operators and local communities on the Great Barrier Reef in the quest to...
by Reef Ecologic | Nov 25, 2020 | Capacity Building, Leadership
Over the last four weeks Reef Ecologic has been working with the Stars Foundation at Heatley Secondary College to educate a cohort of year 9 students about coral reefs and inspire them to care about these amazing ecosystems. Reef Ecologic outreach coordinator Nathan...
by Reef Ecologic | Dec 19, 2019 | Capacity Building, Leadership, Reef Restoration
Traditional Owners, scientists, business, industry and community group representatives converged on Orpheus Island (Goolboddi) north of Townsville to learn and share knowledge on current and emerging issues, technologies and solutions to assist the recovery and...
by Reef Ecologic | Dec 15, 2019 | Capacity Building, Leadership
In our current climate we crave and need great leaders. All too often we complain and despair about our current leaders. So, what should we do? Our thoughtful, committed group held a leadership workshop at Goolboddi (Orpheus Island) and explored leadership theory,...
by Reef Ecologic | Oct 27, 2019 | Capacity Building, Leadership
Passionate citizen scientists and community representatives converged on the Great Barrier Reef to train in citizen science programs and complete surveys on areas rarely visited by volunteers. Coral reefs are facing unprecedented threats from a combination of climate...
