*Following on from the Independent review of Federal Environmental Laws released – EPBC Act article. In late February, the Federal Government introduced the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021, to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999. The Amendment Bill proposes the creation and implementation of the National Environmental Standards […]

Fifty new Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers will be employed this year to help protect Queensland’s natural and cultural landscapes. The Palaszczuk Government is providing the first instalment for a total of 100 new Indigenous ranger jobs, to be funded over the next three years, which will double the number of Land and Sea Rangers […]

Find out about “ecotourism” and NPAQ’s response to it.

The Queensland Protected Area Strategy 2020-30 was released Saturday 3 October 2020, three days before the Queensland Government went into pre-election caretaker mode. Find out the details here.

The Federal Government seems intent on pushing through significant changes to the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiveristy Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) without a full debate on the impact of the proposed changes.

The Wangetti Trail Proposal plans to introduce mountain biking and private accommodation (new activities/impacts) into Macalister Range National Park and the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. NPAQ does not support access for activities that are incompatible with the purpose of national parks, which is the conservation of nature as enshrined in the Nature Conservation Act 1999 (Qld).

NPAQ Response to 2019/2020 Devastating Bushfires

Queensland is missing out on new national parks due to chronic underfunding. Five Queensland conservation groups have identified 175 properties with very high biodiversity value that could have been bought and protected since 2015, but were not, because the Queensland government has not budgeted for new national park acquisitions to service it’s 2015 promise to greatly expand parks and other protected areas.

While there can be differing views about the costs and benefits of private (commercial) development in national parks, there is no dispute that the community should have a say regarding any private development on national park.

Queensland’s leading conservation organisations have released a new report into the Queensland Government’s continuing failure to invest the resources needed to meet its own targets for new national parks and protected areas for wildlife.