Tag: NBRF

The Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation (NBRF) has put out a call for volunteer directors. We were nudged to reach out to our networks in a much welcome attempt to gender-balance the currently all male board.

We do not question the worth of trying to restore oyster reefs in the Noosa River, but questions need to be asked about the way the funding is being pushed through with a disregard of - and indeed at the expense of - other programs run by local organisations and council.

The first three years of the 'Bring back the fish' project were beset with delays and the University of the Sunshine Coast scientists deployed to it were not able to do much (or anything) by way of evaluating its effectiveness - it seemed to have been decided the university’s services would no longer be required.

Cr Ingrid Jackson's explains her rationale for voting against agreeing in principle to funding for the Bring back the fish project without open and fair processes.

The Periodic Review could have been a good opportunity to show insight, honesty and, yes, courage in addressing the truth of the matter. The Noosa Biosphere has failed women just as it failed the community at large.

More smoke and mirrors as Noosa Council adopts a new funding deed with the NBRF. Watered down transparency, lack of KPIs, no measurement plan ... no cigar.

The supporting papers have been published for the next series of Noosa Council meetings which includes a proposal to change the funding arrangements of...

In April we had written an open letter to our mayor Tony Wellington about our concerns with regards to a renewal of a funding deed for the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation (NBRF). So naturally I was waiting for the deliberations to begin. Before council hands over any more public funds to the NBRF it would be great to find out a few things. These are my top 5 questions for the NBRF.

Taking on the challenge by Noosa identity Bob Jarvis for someone to brag about any achievements that may have resulted from our UNESCO biosphere status, inaugural chairman of Noosa Biosphere v1 Michael Donovan lists a number of outstanding contributions made by the many volunteers and community leaders who contributed to making it an effective and viable organisation.

After years of efforts to get the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation out of the cupboard to demonstrate that it is eager to engage and be more visible and disclosing about its decisions and operations, here we are in mid-2018 and that cupboard door has resisted all efforts to prise it open.

The current funding deed under which Noosa Council wholly finances the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation (NBRF) terminates on Saturday 30 June and the next day, 1 July, a new three-year agreement will kick in.

As controversy continues to swirl around the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation, a major recipient of funding from Noosa Council, KEITH JACKSON reveals his experience...

With 2018 well into Autumn we await with bated breath the announcement of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation’s 2017 grants. Or more precisely, the...