Reef And Rivers Podcast

James Donaldson, Wet Tropics Waterways
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Reef And Rivers Podcast Podcast

Healthy waterways underpin the vibrant lifestyle, economy and environment of the Wet Tropics Region in Far North Queensland. They also underpin the health and well-being of Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef. We talk to people from around the region to learn more about our waterways, the critters that call them home and the people and projects working to improve their health.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Geoff McClure, Restoring Cattana Wetlands

    Geoff McClure is one of hundreds of conservation volunteers who have helped transform Cattana Wetlands in the north of Cairns into an environmental park. In this podcast he talks about his love of conservation and the work that has gone into restoring the biodiversity hotspot at Cattana.

    14 min

  2. 10 SEPT

    Barbara Wueringer, Discovering the Elusive Sawfish

    Zoologist Dr Barbara Wueringer talks about her work with the fascinating sawfish her research of and how trawling through old newspaper clippings from the Gold Rush era helped to understand more about its historic distribution before gill nets and trophy fishing decimated it's populations.

    20 min

  3. 27 AUG

    Matt Moore, Fish Passage

    Fisheries ecologist Matt Moore from Catchment Solutions talks about why fish habitat connectivity within waterways is so important and how decisions made to fix fish barriers such as weirs and dams.

    25 min

  4. 13 AUG

    Sam Bastounas, Using Seaweed to Strip Nutrients from Water

    Sam Bastounas is the CEO of Pacific Bio, an Australian company that develops green technology to address water quality and food security issues. In this podcast, Sam discusses the challenge of purifying water and the development of RegenAqua, a new technology developed with JCU that uses seaweed to strip nutrients from water before it enters waterways.

    20 min

  5. 30 JUL

    Heidi Tait, Marine Debris

    Heidi Tait is the founder and Managing Director of Tangaroa Blue, a not for profit organisation focused on removing and preventing marine debris. In this podcast, Heidi talks about the problem of litter in our oceans and the importance of going beyond beach clean ups to tackle debris at its source.

    24 min

  6. 16 JUL

    Phil Laycock, Results of the 2024 Wet Tropics Waterway Health Report Card

    This is the 9th annual Wet Tropics Waterway Health Report Card to be released by Wet Tropics Waterways to assess the health and condition of freshwater basins, estuaries, inshore and offshore areas of the Wet Tropics in Far North Queensland.  Independent Chair Phil Laycock explains some of the key findings in 2024.

    18 min

  7. 05/12/2023

    Robert Walsh, Microinvertebrates

    Micro invertebrates are tiny creatures that are invisible to the naked eye but form the basis of the food web in our waterways. Dr. Robert Walsh talks about the importance and diversity of microfauna for sustaining aquatic systems and reveals that their eggs can remain viable for up to 400-500 years, meaning that extinct species could come alive again if water is added!

    22 min

  8. 21/11/2023

    Kim Hooper, Prawn Farming Near the Great Barrier Reef

    Australia loves its prawns so much that Queensland's aquaculture industry produces more than $200M of produce of each year, but is it sustainable? Kim Hooper, Executive Officer of the Australian Prawn Farmers Association, talks about the industry, how it works and how it minimises its impact on local waterways.

    18 min
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Healthy waterways underpin the vibrant lifestyle, economy and environment of the Wet Tropics Region in Far North Queensland. They also underpin the health and well-being of Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef. We talk to people from around the region to learn more about our waterways, the critters that call them home and the people and projects working to improve their health.

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  • Creator
    James Donaldson, Wet Tropics Waterways
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    68
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022 Wet Tropics Waterways
  • Show Website
    Reef And Rivers Podcast

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