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Brampton IslandC O N S E R V A T I O N C A S E S T U D Y

In March 2018 Reef Catchments funded Wild Mob to take nine volunteers to Brampton Island for six days.

The volunteers worked incredibly hard, picking up 100kg of marine debris from the beaches, and pulling out nine species of the most invasive weeds from critically endangered beach scrub rainforest in the popular camping area of Western Bay.

BELOW: BRAMPTON ISLAND VOLUNTEERS

What a fantastic opportunity to spend time helping to return turtle habitat to its natural state through weed management and collection of marine debris. Wonderful to feel like you are a part of the solution.”

“- Volunteer

Reef Catchments,,

with support from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program have funded

17 conservation expeditions like this across six islands

within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area since

2015 - now we think that’s something to celebrate!

The purpose of these trips is to remove weeds and marine debris from high ecological value environments, and to educate the community about the threats that these ecosystems are facing. By doing this work, we protect our island ecosystems for many species, including turtles and shorebirds.

If you are interested in joining Wild Mob on one of their

trips, please go to:

www.wildmob.org

Thank you Wild Mob and Reef Catchments for giving me the opportunity to discover one of our Islands while helping to restore the native environment.”

“- Volunteer

BELOW: BRAMPTON ISLAND

BELOW: WEED COLLECTORS AT WORK

This trip was proudly supported by Reef Catchments and delivered by Wild Mob, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.