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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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National Parks, Uncategorized

Too long for Eurong: NPAQ praises $14.65m investment for information centre reopening

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
29
May

For decades, NPAQ has been a staunch advocate for increased funding for environmental interpretation and ranger recruitment and retention to better manage Queensland’s protected areas. Yesterday, those efforts paid off when the Miles Government announced an additional $14.65 million investment over the next three years to reopen the Eurong Information Centre on World-Heritage-listed K’gari, formerly […]

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National Parks, Nature Refuges, Private Reserves

Public hearing on Special Wildlife Reserves clarifies flora is included

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
25
Jul

Discussion on a Bill to establish Special Wildlife Reserves (a new class of privately-owned protected area) at an Agriculture & Environment Committee hearing has cleared up some confusion around the name and produced many interesting perspectives, including AgForce’s fears over “locking up land”.

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Indigenous Conservation, National Parks

Cape York spaceport land returned to Traditional Owners under landmark agreement

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
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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Indigenous Conservation

NAIDOC Week celebrations include 10-year anniversary of Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers program

Posted on by NPAQ Admin
06
Jul

Ten years equals almost 5000 turtle nests protected, 110,000 feral animals removed, 27 tonnes of fishing nets cleaned up on Queensland’s ocean foreshore and much more! The Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers can be mightily proud of their achievements as this fantastic program completes its first decade.

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Nature Refuges, Private Reserves

Creation of Special Wildlife Reserves adds new dimension to private protected areas

Posted on by NPAQ Admin

Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles has introduced a Bill to Queensland Parliament to create a new category of protected area: Special Wildlife Reserves. NPAQ President Michelle Prior looks at the increasingly important role played by private protected areas and cautions that there is potential for public protected areas to become more focused on nature-based recreation and tourism.

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Indigenous Conservation, Marine Protected Areas, National Parks

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

Posted on by NPAQ Admin

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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Indigenous Conservation, National Parks, Private Reserves

State of the Park 2017: developments of note for Queensland’s protected area estate

Posted on by NPAQ Admin

State of the Park 2017, authored by NPAQ member Wade Lewis, highlights positive developments over the past year including advances made by the State Government in its approach to national park acquisition, planning and management.

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