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Queensland’s Second Special Wildlife Reserve is Announced

Posted on 04/06/2024 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, Nature Refuges, Private Reserves

Public hearing on Special Wildlife Reserves clarifies flora is included

Posted on 25/07/201720/05/2020 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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Nature Refuges, Private Reserves

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

Posted on 28/06/201720/05/2020 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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