Published Tuesday, 27 November, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation
The Honourable Andrew McNamara
Minister launches Currumbin’s Green Guardians
Gold Coast’s wildlife and environment will have an additional ally from today with the launch of Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary’s ‘Green Guardian’ community partnerships program.
Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation, Andrew McNamara, launched the program at the Currumbin Sanctuary today.
“The Green Guardian conservation partnership program is a dedicated Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary program aiming to promote community and corporate support for the welfare and research activities carried out by the Sanctuary,” Mr McNamara said.
“The ‘Green Guardians Program’ provides an innovative approach to supporting the wildlife welfare and conservation activities undertaken by the Sanctuary.
“Community members and corporations can become Green Guardians in a variety of ways from making a donation, adopting a wildlife child, sponsoring a research project or being active through direct wildlife protection and identification of community environmental issues.”
Mr McNamara encouraged all Queenslanders to get involved in community-based conservation activities to protect our native wildlife against the impacts of urban development and the effects of climate change.
“Government will continue to play its lead role, but we can’t do it all,” Mr McNamara said.
“We need proactive people like Currumbin’s Green Guardians to be out there helping to ensure that our wonderful natural wildlife and environmental values aren’t lost.
Mr McNamara also opened the Sanctuary’s latest addition to its hospital facilities – a new facility to care for sick, injured and orphaned birds of prey, also known as raptors.
The new raptor rehabilitation facility, funded by public donations, will greatly improve the quality of care provided to injured birds of prey in the Gold Coast area.
Media contact: Peter McCarthy 3336 8004
Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation, Andrew McNamara, launched the program at the Currumbin Sanctuary today.
“The Green Guardian conservation partnership program is a dedicated Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary program aiming to promote community and corporate support for the welfare and research activities carried out by the Sanctuary,” Mr McNamara said.
“The ‘Green Guardians Program’ provides an innovative approach to supporting the wildlife welfare and conservation activities undertaken by the Sanctuary.
“Community members and corporations can become Green Guardians in a variety of ways from making a donation, adopting a wildlife child, sponsoring a research project or being active through direct wildlife protection and identification of community environmental issues.”
Mr McNamara encouraged all Queenslanders to get involved in community-based conservation activities to protect our native wildlife against the impacts of urban development and the effects of climate change.
“Government will continue to play its lead role, but we can’t do it all,” Mr McNamara said.
“We need proactive people like Currumbin’s Green Guardians to be out there helping to ensure that our wonderful natural wildlife and environmental values aren’t lost.
Mr McNamara also opened the Sanctuary’s latest addition to its hospital facilities – a new facility to care for sick, injured and orphaned birds of prey, also known as raptors.
The new raptor rehabilitation facility, funded by public donations, will greatly improve the quality of care provided to injured birds of prey in the Gold Coast area.
Media contact: Peter McCarthy 3336 8004