Media Report

ABC News

18 October 2013

North Queensland scientists have found boat engine noise is having a dramatic impact on the survival rates of young fish.

Brisbane Times

17 October 2013

Dredging to develop major ports will be banned across the majority of Queensland's coast for a decade to help improve the health of the reef.

Deputy Premier and State Development Minister Jeff Seeney says while the state needs to do business, the Great Barrier Reef must not be put at risk. Read more

The Conversation

17 October 2013

South-west of the port of Gladstone in Queensland lies Kroombit Tops National Park, housing many plants and animals, some of them unique. The reserve includes steep escarpments with wet, rainforest gullies.

English.news.cn

15 October 2013

CANBERRA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists found that an innovative new approach to sugar cane plantation weed management trialed in select Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchments have shown a dramatic 90 percent reduction in runoff of highly soluble herbicides into waterways, a latest research statement of CSIRO, Australian national science body, showed on Tuesday.

The Conversation

15 October 2013

New weed control techniques developed for sugarcane crops in Queensland could reduce herbicide runoffs into the Great Barrier Reef by 90%.

After testing shielded herbicide sprayers and restricting their application to only raised beds of sugarcane plantation, researchers greatly reduced the flow of herbicides into surrounding waterways. Read more

The Morning Bulletin

15 October 2013

A NEW national opinion poll conducted by Essential Research show four in every five Australians want dredging and dumping banned in the Great Barrier Reef, according to the Australian Marine Conservation Society.

Great Barrier Reef campaign director Felicity Wishart said dredging and dumping should not be taking place in the World Heritage-listed reef. Read more

ABC News

14 October 2013

Queensland Environment Minister Andrew Powell says he is happy to consider legislative changes to help Cape York Indigenous people manage turtles and dugongs.

A new management plan with input from about 30 clans was launched on the weekend. Read more

News.com.au

Sydney University's Professor Maria Byrne and Dr Hampus Eriksson, a post-doctoral researcher at Stockholm University, say more than 24 sea cucumber fisheries have closed in recent years. Read more

ABC Radio Australia

11 October 2013

Australia's environmental community has gathered in Melbourne this week for the 25th anniversary of the Banksia Environmental Awards.

The Guardian

09 October 2013

Environmentalists and the mining industry have set out competing visions for the future of the Great Barrier Reef ahead of a summit that will aim to set Queensland’s priorities for the next 30 years.