Ramsar Management Advisory Group
Fifty years ago , in the Iranian town of Ramsar , an international convention was signed to protect wetlands around the world that provided exceptional waterfowl habitat .
Bowling Green Bay , south of Townsville , is one of only five wetland sites in Queensland listed under the convention .
NQ Dry Tropics established a Ramsar Management Advisory Group ( RMAG ) to promote collaboration between different organisations playing a role in safeguarding the ecological character of the site . The group provides a forum to exchange knowledge , and coordinates activities that support existing management plans for the wetland .
Bowling Green Bay Wetlands .
The RMAG comprises the following organisations : NQ Dry Tropics ; Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service ; Wetlands and Grasslands Foundation ; Gudjuda Reference Group ; Greening Australia ; Lower Burdekin Water ; Sunwater ; Queensland Department of Environment and Science ; Australian Department of Climate Change , Energy , the Environment and Water ; Burdekin Fish Restocking Association ; BirdLife Australia ; JCU TropWATER ; Burdekin Shire Council ; and the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries .
A meeting of the Ramsar Management Advisory Group .
The RMAG is supported through the Restoration Of The Ramsar Wetlands Of Bowling Green Bay project , funded through the Australian Government ’ s Environment Restoration Fund .
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