Bushwalking K'gari Indigenous-led biosecurity strategy aims to save K'gari's World Heritage status

Mark Squires

Aiming to save K'gari's World Heritage status

Published: 14 October 2026

Recent ABC News story talking about how the K’gari traditional owners have won a Landcare Australia award for an Indigenous-led biosecurity strategy for the World Heritage-listed island. The strategy calls for vehicles to be washed down to prevent more invasive species from being brought to the island and help to preserve the island’s World Heritage status.

The Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation’s (BAC) K’gari Biosecurity Strategy, launched earlier this year, was recognised with an award by environmental peak body Landcare Australia on Saturday (10 October 2026)

You can’t keep on bringing the pests over or it’s going to not be the World Heritage-listed largest sand island in the world anymore.

Source: ABC News

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