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Indigenous Conservation, National Parks

Cape York spaceport land returned to Traditional Owners under landmark agreement

Posted on 18/07/201720/05/2020 by NPAQ Admin

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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, Marine Protected Areas, National Parks

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

Posted on 27/06/201720/05/2020 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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Marine Protected Areas, National Parks

The benefits of citizen science

Posted on 19/06/201720/05/2020 by NPAQ Admin

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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National Parks

Five minutes to view and traffic jams: is this what the future holds?

Posted on 12/06/201720/05/2020 by NPAQ Admin

After being confronted by hordes of tourists jostling for position and blaring music at Uluru, NPAQ President Michelle Prior ponders whether the futureof Australia’s national parks may be heading the same way as America where there has been a loss of the spirit of wilderness preservation.

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