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An investigation on the spotted-tailed Quoll secretive and short life span of three years in their remote and extremely isolated populations amongst the cloud forests of the
North Queensland Wet Tropics.
Established in August 2014, The Australian Quoll Conservancy is dedicated to the conservation of all four of Australia’s Quoll Species, particularly the race “gracilis” of the spotted-tailed quoll in North QLD. The AQC main office based in Cairns with auxiliary species recovery units located in Daintree, Atherton Tablelands, Innisfail in Nth QLD and East Gippsland Victoria.
AQC is working together with National Parks and the Australian Government to continue the National Recovery Plan for the Spotted-tailed Quoll (a 2016 Recovery Plan prepared under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999). The AQC as part of this plan has established the first "Species Recovery Team" in North Queensland in 2015 and 2018 in Melbourne Victoria.
Where possible, AQC will seek funding opportunities to support the long-term field work and recover some costs through Government Grant Programs. However our organisation survives by public donations through philanthropic individuals and businesses.
HELPThe AQC is a registered not-for-profit organisation with status DGR Item 1
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proven methods, along with AQC's dedicated volunteer workforce, will prove to be an invaluable
resource to investigate the current status of the Spotted-tailed Quoll populations.
Many values of long-term research and monitoring is highlighted by both its management-relevance and policy-relevance, ensuring that long-term data are fundamental planks in initiatives like Species Recovery Plans.
AQC is well suited to conduct long-term ecological research, as we are free from the perverse aspects of existing science culture that impede the maintenance of long-term studies.
AQC “Species Recovery Unit” has grouped several professionals, business owners and passionate quoll individuals in Victoria. Victorian populations of the species are known to be still in existence around East Gipsland (the upper Snowy River Valley and tributaries, which is probably the stronghold for the species in Victoria.
