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Nature Refuges, Private Reserves, Uncategorized

Two New Nature Refuges Added to Protected Area Estate

Posted on by Karin Cox
Boomerang Lagoon on Abingdon Downs.
11
Jul

Two additions to Queensland’s Protected Area Estate have been announced, increasing protected areas to 8.6% of the State’s area.   The Albanese Government is providing $3 million to the Queensland Miles Labor Government through the Protecting Important Biodiversity Areas Program to support two nature refuges and future additions to Queensland’s private protected areas. The project […]

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National Parks, Nature Refuges, Uncategorized

Be Part of ‘Generation Restoration’ on World Environment Day

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
05
Jun

This year’s theme for World Environment Day, 5 June 2024, is Land restoration, desertification and drought resilience, with the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” Outside of icy Antarctica, Australia is the driest continent on earth – 70% of Australia’s land mass is either arid or semi-arid land. Such parched aridity makes Australia […]

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biodiversity conservation, National Parks, Nature Refuges, Private Reserves, Special Wildlife Reserves, Uncategorized

Queensland’s Second Special Wildlife Reserve is Announced

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
04
Jun

On Saturday 1 June, the Miles Government announced that Bush Heritage Australia’s 8000-ha Edgbaston Reserve, in the Lake Eyre Basin near Longreach, will soon be declared the state’s second special wildlife reserve, after the safeguarding of Pullen Pullen Reserve as a special wildlife reserve in 2020. Like national parks, special wildlife reserves receive legal protection […]

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Nature Refuges

Saving Bimblebox

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
09
Apr

The history of Bimblebox Refuge began when the almost 8,000 hectare Glen Innes Station, 95% uncleared, was bought in 2000 by a group of concerned citizens and nearby landowners. In recognition of its high conservation values, the Federal Government wanted the property to be part of the National Reserve System of Protected Areas, and contributed […]

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

Queensland’s new Protected Area Strategy

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
07
Dec

After much lobbying by the National Parks Association of Queensland and others, the Queensland Protected Area Strategy was finally released by the Government a few days before caretaker mode came into effect prior to the recent State election. The release of the Strategy has been one of the major requests of NPAQ as it will […]

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National Parks, Nature Refuges, Private Reserves

Queensland’s First Special Wildlife Reserve Declared

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
07
Dec

In 2014 I had the privilege of sitting on a rocky “jump-up” (or mesa) at the end of a long and hot day on what is now Pullen Pullen Reserve. It’s a remote and vast landscape in the Channel Country of central-west Queensland dominated by long unburnt spinifex, Mitchell grass downs and stony gibber plains. […]

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National Parks, Nature Refuges, Private Reserves, State Forests

From our Patron

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
10
Jun

Message from the Governor of Queensland Ninety years ago, Queensland’s fourteenth Governor, Sir John Goodwin, accepted the invitation from the National Parks Association of Queensland to become its inaugural Patron. As the current Governor, I have been very pleased to continue the tradition of vice-regal patronage of this great Queensland organisation. Sir John’s support was […]

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Ecotourism, National Parks, Nature Refuges, State Forests

Shutdown: A Break for Nature

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
10
Jun

Queenslanders have long enjoyed exploring our many and varied national parks and state forests. Australians from other states typically migrate to Queensland during the winter months and popularity has surged in the last decade. However, many have had their trips cut short or cancelled from March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of […]

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Indigenous Conservation, National Parks, Nature Refuges, State Forests

Fire Management a Top Priority for QPWS Rangers

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
10
Jun

A QPWS ranger applying fire for a planned burn in Crows Nest National Park. The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) manages more than 13 million hectares of parks and forests (around 7.5% of Queensland), making it the largest land manager in the state. Maintaining the diverse natural, cultural, social and economic values of parks […]

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Indigenous Conservation, Marine Protected Areas, National Parks, Nature Refuges, Private Reserves, State Forests

Legacy: National Parks Association of Queensland’s 90th Anniversary

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
31
Mar

The National Parks Association of Queensland (NPAQ) has been active in increasing Queensland’s National Park Estate and seeking management of threats for 90 years. Romeo Lahey looms large in the establishment and early years of the Association. Lahey recognised that “no body of public opinion was organised to combat the influences which were operating against […]

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