{"id":6916,"date":"2019-12-05T14:08:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T04:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/?p=6916"},"modified":"2019-12-05T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T04:08:41","slug":"restoring-sea-country-tropical-water-quality-hub-helps-traditional-owners-attend-restoration-workshop-at-orpheus-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/2019\/12\/05\/restoring-sea-country-tropical-water-quality-hub-helps-traditional-owners-attend-restoration-workshop-at-orpheus-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring sea country: Tropical Water Quality Hub helps Traditional Owners attend restoration workshop at Orpheus Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

A workshop at tropical Orpheus Island has provided the latest techniques and tips on coral reef restoration and leadership to Great Barrier Reef managers, tourism operators and Traditional Owners.\u00a0James Cook University and Reef Ecologic hosted the four-day Reef Leadership and Restoration Workshop at Orpheus Island Research Station on November 15-18.\u00a0The workshop\u2019s 30 participants, including seven Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners, learned about coral restoration techniques, sustainability actions and reef monitoring techniques from multiple experts including Dr Ian McLeod from James Cook University, who is heading up a review of reef restoration techniques under the Tropical Water Quality Hub<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0The Tropical Water Quality Hub sponsored five Traditional Owner organisation representatives to attend the workshop.\u00a0Malik Thaiday, a Yirrganydji man and Ranger working for the Dawul Wuru Aboriginal Corporation, said he came to the workshop to \u201cgain more knowledge about coral reefs\u201d and that it had been a valuable opportunity to establish relationships with other Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners.\u00a0\u201cI think I\u2019ll take home friendships I\u2019ve made here and also information about coral reefs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A workshop at tropical Orpheus Island has provided the latest techniques and tips on coral reef restoration and leadership to Great Barrier Reef managers, tourism operators and Traditional Owners.\u00a0James Cook … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t