Reef And Rivers Podcast

Rowan Hutchison, Wet Tropics Waterways
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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.

  1. 11/19/2024

    Steve Lizzio, Growing Bananas Beside the Great Barrier Reef

    Award winning banana growers Steve and Richelle Lizzio grow bananas in Mission Beach on one of the closest banana farms to the Great Barrier Reef. Their business is a great example of what's been achieved in the banana industry since environmental management guidelines were introduced.

  2. 11/05/2024

    Matt Curnock,

    Dr Matt Curnock is a senior research scientist at CSIRO in Townsville. His work in social and environmental science is focused on understanding how people perceive, value and interact with the Great Barrier Reef.  Given that 'managing the environment is actually about managing people', social science offers insights into reef programs and policies.

  3. 10/22/2024

    Maree Baade, Tablelands Regional Council

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  4. 10/08/2024

    Travis Sydes, Biosecurity and the Threat of Amazon frogbit

    Travis Sydes managing natural resources in Far North Queensland as part of FNQROC, which represents 10 local governments across the region. In this podcast he talks about biosecurity issues in the Wet Tropics with a particular focus on Amazon frogbit, an aquarium plant that is infesting local waterways.

  5. 09/24/2024

    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.

  6. 09/10/2024

    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.

  7. 08/27/2024

    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.

  8. 08/13/2024

    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.

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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
    Rowan Hutchison, Wet Tropics Waterways
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    72
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022 Wet Tropics Waterways
  • Show Website
    Reef And Rivers Podcast