Ecotourism & Sustainable Development

Our mission is to ensure urban development adheres to environmental standards and promote sustainable ecotourism on and around Bribie Island.

All Teams

Goals

Secure a BIEPA presence in development of the proposed Discovery Centre.
Mitigate the impact of increased traffic over the new bridge.
Mitigate the impact of 4WD traffic on the National Park's Coral Sea beach.
Raise visibility of DA decisions not aligned to MBRC's Environment & Sustainability Strategy.

Volunteers

Team leaders responsible for coordinating projects and reporting to the Management Committee:

Angela Armitage
Cecelia (CC) Wilson

Team members actively engaged in driving projects to reach goals:

Jenny Clarke
Mike Howells
Darren Jew
Robyn O'Sullivan
Helen Fairweather
Paul Fitzgerald
Carol Wood
David Percival
Elena Telegina
Roxanne Zolin

Team helpers who get involved when they can:

Ekaterina Telegina

Email us to join in: sustainable@biepa.online

To be a member of this team you must be a BIEPA member, able to commit some of your time to work on progressing projects, and be on WhatsApp to keep in touch between meetings. Alternatively you can be a helper, getting involved in activities but not driving projects.

Projects

Team members are running these projects to reach the team's goals — anyone can be a helper on activities.

	Fighting Damaging Development	We are getting to grips with government planning systems, campaigning for improvements and challenging Development Applications that will have a significant detrimental impact on native habitat and wildlife on Bribie Island and surrounds.
	Nature-based Tourism	We work with local government to promote nature-based tourism as a way to protect nature on Bribie Island by making it a vital asset for local businesses.

All Projects