NPAQ Response to 2019/2020 Devastating Bushfires
24
Feb
Feb
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.
27
Nov
Nov
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.
15
Oct
Oct
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.
14
Mar
Mar
NPAQ has joined with Queensland’s leading environment groups to warn that Queensland’s status as the most wildlife-rich state in Australia is now seriously at risk, and immediate action is needed to grow and better manage the state’s protected areas and national parks.
09
Nov
Nov
NPAQ believes accommodation should be located outside national parks to protect their natural value. We are concerned that this proposal will use taxpayers money to support commercial eco-tourism that could undermine our national park system.
30
Dec
Dec
Queensland is endowed with wonderful national parks, the prime purpose of which is to preserve the plants and animals that are contained within. NPAQ fully supports the notion that that national parks are important for humans but believes activities should be compatible with the purpose of nature conservation.
15
May
May
On the 11th May 2016, the Palaszczuk government reinstated nature conservation as the primary goal of national park management.
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