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FIDO has a proud history of more than a quarter of a century of campaigning achievements to protect one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. FIDO`s aim has always been "to ensure the wisest use of the natural resources of Fraser Island".
FIDO was formed in January, 1971, by voluntary conservationists from Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Bundaberg to oppose sandmining applications by the American Dillingham company and Murphyores on Fraser Island. Murphyores and Queensland Titanium Mines had obtained very extensive mining leases in the early 1960s without any protest, before the voluntary conservation movement had become organized, but there was widespread public opposition to proposals to extend leases and start mining on Fraser Island.
FIDO believes that Fraser Island is unique in the world, being not only the largest sand island in the world but also the world`s greatest coastal sandmass. Despite frequent assertions by parochial politicians, FIDO has never diminished the size or the significance of this outstandingly attractive and very appealing sub-tropical island paradise.
FIDO is best known for its successful campaigns to stop the devastating environmental impact of sandmining and the destructive logging of Fraser Island`s magnificent forests, but the organization has actively addressed all aspects of management of Fraser Island. FIDO wants Fraser Island to be a well managed National Park with controlled tourism and other compatible uses. Its aim is "the wisest use of the natural resources of Fraser Island".
FIDO has also been in the forefront of developing mechanisms for resolving environmental conflicts. This has seen it involved in numerous Mining Warden`s hearings, [with successful challenges to rulings reaching the High Court of Australia] the first ever inquiry under the Environmental Protection [Impact of Proposals] Act, the Fraser Island Environmental Inquiry [1975], and various Local Government Court hearings and a number of other challenges to administrative law in the Supreme Court of Queensland. In 1990-91, FIDO was heavily involved in representations to the Commission of Inquiry into the Conservation, Management and Use of Fraser Island and the Great Sandy Region which resulted in Fraser Island being inscribed on the World Heritage List. FIDO has made submissions to a great range of inquiries from Parliamentary Committees to a plethora of other tribunals.
In more than 25 years FIDO has been in the forefront of raising public awareness and influencing decision making in the interests of protecting one of the great natural wonders of the world.
FIDO was formed in January, 1971, by voluntary conservationists from Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Bundaberg to oppose sandmining applications by the American Dillingham company and Murphyores on Fraser Island. Murphyores and Queensland Titanium Mines had obtained very extensive mining leases in the early 1960s without any protest, before the voluntary conservation movement had become organized, but there was widespread public opposition to proposals to extend leases and start mining on Fraser Island.
FIDO believes that Fraser Island is unique in the world, being not only the largest sand island in the world but also the world`s greatest coastal sandmass. Despite frequent assertions by parochial politicians, FIDO has never diminished the size or the significance of this outstandingly attractive and very appealing sub-tropical island paradise.
FIDO is best known for its successful campaigns to stop the devastating environmental impact of sandmining and the destructive logging of Fraser Island`s magnificent forests, but the organization has actively addressed all aspects of management of Fraser Island. FIDO wants Fraser Island to be a well managed National Park with controlled tourism and other compatible uses. Its aim is "the wisest use of the natural resources of Fraser Island".
FIDO has also been in the forefront of developing mechanisms for resolving environmental conflicts. This has seen it involved in numerous Mining Warden`s hearings, [with successful challenges to rulings reaching the High Court of Australia] the first ever inquiry under the Environmental Protection [Impact of Proposals] Act, the Fraser Island Environmental Inquiry [1975], and various Local Government Court hearings and a number of other challenges to administrative law in the Supreme Court of Queensland. In 1990-91, FIDO was heavily involved in representations to the Commission of Inquiry into the Conservation, Management and Use of Fraser Island and the Great Sandy Region which resulted in Fraser Island being inscribed on the World Heritage List. FIDO has made submissions to a great range of inquiries from Parliamentary Committees to a plethora of other tribunals.
In more than 25 years FIDO has been in the forefront of raising public awareness and influencing decision making in the interests of protecting one of the great natural wonders of the world.
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