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Indigenous Conservation, National Parks

Cape York spaceport land returned to Traditional Owners under landmark agreement

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18
Jul

Land once slated for the world’s first commercially-operated international spaceport has this year been given back to Traditional Owners. Two months after the handback ceremony in Cairns in May, Andrew Picone from the Australian Conservation Foundation looks at the importance of the landmark decision and the benefits of Aboriginal ownership and joint management of national parks.

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Marine Protected Areas

Potential for watered-down Coral Sea protection threatens the cradle to the Great Barrier Reef

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Adele Pedder of the Australian Marine Conservation Society delves into the importance of marine protected areas and the risk associated with exposing the proposed Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve to intensive fishing practices.

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Indigenous Conservation, Marine Protected Areas, National Parks

Tourism-centric national parks allocation as a Budget for jobs forgets about conservation

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The State Budget has allocated an extra $40 million over two years for national parks, however only $5 million of that will potentially go towards operational funding and conservation planning. The rest is essentially a tourism spend disguised as environmental dollars. Learn why the Queensland Government’s boast of a record environmental spend isn’t all it’s made out to be.

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Marine Protected Areas, National Parks

Swift action of QPWS helps to mitigate Cyclone Debbie’s widespread impact on parks

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Many Queensland national parks were heavily impacted as Cyclone Debbie cut a path of destruction centred on the Whitsunday and Mackay regions, before tracking south and creating widespread flooding. NPAQ Conservation Officer Laura Hahn assesses the damage and turns the spotlight on the mammoth clean-up effort.

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Marine Protected Areas, National Parks

The benefits of citizen science

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Citizen science initiatives provide an opportunity for nature lovers to get involved directly with conservation and through doing so gain a greater understanding and respect for it. NPAQ industry placement student Lucy Hollingsworth, from the University of Queensland, looks at some of the benefits – for scientists and the individuals volunteering to support their research.
 

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