Watsonville Aboriginal Corporation
We the Mbabaram Traditional Owners of the Watsonville area have initiated this Plan to document our concerns, strategies and actions regarding the use, management and governance of our traditional lands.
Our Story
Welcome Watsonville Aboriginal Corporation
Water Quality Training
With an awareness of the water flow into the Great Barrier Reef and the quality of our local water we propose a water quality program whereby we teach participants in the program how to test our local water in the rivers and catchment areas. More details on water quality program
Weeds Training
Controling of weeds is important to our country: This program will identify a range of weeds and beneficial plants; plan and coordinate weed control activities; prepare and calibrate equipment; conduct a site hazard identification and risk control assessment for weed control; apply a range of weed control methods and maintain records; monitor, record and report the effectiveness of controls.
Erosion Control
Principles of Erosion Control The 3 main principles to control erosion are to:
- use land according to its capability
- protect the soil surface with some form of cover
- control runoff before it develops into an erosive force.
Runoff Treatment
Preventing erosion caused by mining The processes of a re-plant program demonstrate that nature can achieve restoration without much help, and develop fully restored soils. Once re-planting is established the new plants readily provide organic matter, lower soil bulk density, and bring mineral nutrients to the surface and accumulate them in an available form.
Outpouring from Mine Audit
Watsonville presently faces large and greatly increasing environmental problems, resulting from past and present mining activities. Some abandoned mines cause severe acid drainage contamination, while modern open-cut mining operations create massive land-form alterations. More
Strategic Planning
IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN Issues, Strategies and Actions for working on Country. The implementation of the Plan overall will require co-ordinated action driven by the Mbabaram people and with participation from government and other stakeholders.
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