Cairns Airport is proud to be a major sponsor of the Green
Corridor Project which involves revegetation and remediation of
approximately 140 kms of the Barron River from the upper catchment on
the Atherton Tablelands to the river mouth where it flows in to the
Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
The health of the Barron River is important to the community,
industry (particularly agriculture) and governments and as a land holder
in the catchment it is particularly important to Cairns Airport.
The Barron River Integrated Management Association (BRICMA) are
responsible for the planning and initiation of the Green Corridor
Project which will utilise both commercial services and community
volunteers to undertake the on ground works (tree planting &
maintenance) etc as well as producing seedlings to be used in the
plantings.
This project has come to fruition through the vision and hard work of
BRICMA and their many enthusiastic stakeholders working together to
develop this ambitious long term community based project.
Those organisations who have signed up as official partners include:
BRICMA - Barron River Catchment Management Association
www.barronriver.com.au
Cairns Airport
www.cairnsairport.com.au
CVA - Conservation Volunteers Australia
www.conservationvolunteers.com.au
CCC - Cairns Regional Council
www.cairns.qld.gov.au
GBRMPA - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
www.gbrmpa.gov.au
Cairns River Improvement Trust
www.nrw.qld.gov.au
Kuranda Envirocare
www.envirocare.org.au
FNQNRM
www.fnqnrm.com.au
Committed support for the project has also been received from a number of landcare groups:
- Treeforce
- TREAT
- Tree Kangaroo and Mammal Group
- Malanda Landcare
- Lake Eacham Landcare