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Category Archives: National Parks

Indigenous Conservation, National Parks, Nature Refuges, State Forests

Large hadroid land snails of south-eastern Queensland protected areas

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04
Feb

Queensland has a sizeable number of large to very large land snails typically referred to as the hadroid snails, belonging to the family Camaenidae. A number of lineages are involved and this article features one such genus of Dark and Banded Snails from south-eastern Queensland whose species chiefly inhabit rainforest and dry vine thickets along […]

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National Parks, State Forests, Uncategorized

The National Park Experience: Personal reflection on why our parks must be valued (Summer 2019-2020)

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03
Feb

I personally value the natural environment, and for me, national parks are a way to both protect nature and experience it. One of my favourite parks is D’Aguilar: it’s close to home with plenty of engaging walks and camping opportunities. D’Aguilar’s relative proximity to Brisbane city serves to frame the remainder of my remarks, as […]

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Ecotourism, Indigenous Conservation, National Parks, Nature Refuges, Private Reserves, State Forests

From the President – Protected Magazine Summer 2019-2020

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03
Feb

Welcome to a new edition of Protected and a new decade! I hope you all enjoyed family and Christmas celebrations whilst no doubt being concerned/alarmed by the ongoing drought, associated fires with loss of life, property and wildlife. This edition contains articles on our recently held Ecotourism Seminar and the ensuing debate, on wildlife after […]

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Ecotourism, Indigenous Conservation, National Parks, Nature Refuges, Private Reserves, State Forests

A Daytrip with QPWS Rangers

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12
Nov

Growing up in Kenya, my understanding of a national park has been a sunrise or sunset game drive to watch the big five animals in their natural setting. On this daytrip my goal was to understand how people in Queensland use their National Parks. Early Monday morning Marika, Laura and I set off with Andrew […]

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