Our Alliances
NPAQ encourages cooperation between like-minded conservation organisations, government departments and services, outdoor enthusiasts, agriculture and landcare bodies, and health and wellbeing providers in an effort to share knowledge and data, pool resources, and achieve outcomes. The following alliances add impetus to our calls for increased funding for the acquisition and management of national parks and other protected areas throughout the state and augment our ability to make a lasting difference.
Protect Beautiful Queensland
In 2024, NPAQ joined this alliance of conservation organisations, First Nations, natural resource management organisations, and tourism and recreation providers with the common goal of growing Queensland’s Protected Area Estate. Seeking non-partisan, evidence-based solutions to achieving the target of increasing Queensland’s protected areas to 17% by 2030, Protect Beautiful Queensland is committed to fostering equitable access and inclusive management of protected areas. In August 2024, a Policy Priorities document was released stating the five key priorities to expanding Queensland’s Protected Area Estate to meet this goal. View the ‘Protecting Beautiful Queensland: Policy Priorities 2024–2028’ document below as a flipbook or download it here. For more information, visit the Protect Beautiful Queensland website at Protect Beautiful Queensland (protectqueensland.org.au).
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Queensland Tourism and Conservation Alliance
Government expenditure on protected areas delivers multiple benefits for people and nature, including regional development, tourism opportunities, local employment, recreation, health benefits, protection of carbon stocks and ecosystem services, and, of course, species and habitat conservation. In 2022, the National Parks Association of Queensland (NPAQ) joined the Queensland Tourism and Conservation Alliance with the Queensland Conservation Council (QCC), Queensland First Nations Tourism Council, Pew Charitable Trusts, Ecotourism Australia, and the Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) in order to ensure the government takes note of joint interests in growing and improving Queensland’s protected areas and better progressing the state’s Protected Areas Strategy. The alliance recognises that taking care of nature is also essential for Queensland’s tourism industry – worth $23 billion per year. Without investment and practical action to expand and manage this Protected Area Estate, Queensland will lose ground to other states who are increasingly active in their efforts to promote sustainable nature-based tourism. Read Queensland Tourism and Conservation Alliance’s policy statement or visit the Queensland Tourism and Conservation Alliance website at Queensland Tourism & Conservation Alliance (tourismconservation.org.au).
