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read moreThe Queensland Government is to protect more than 4,600 hectares of land for wildlife, while $500,000 will be provided to a number of property owners across the state to safeguard nature refuges.
4,400 hectares will be added to the state’s national parks, 144 hectares to nature refuges, and 82 hectares to conservation parks – equivalent to 8,500 football fields.
Queensland Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon notes “when we announced Queensland’s plan for economic recovery last year, we made sure that protecting our environment would be a key pillar.
“As our economy and jobs bounce back, so too will our environment – with rangers to maintain these new protected areas, and landholders across the state to engage local businesses to revegetate private nature refuges and create fire breaks.
“This announcement increases the size of Queensland’s protected areas to 14.3 million ha or 8.26% of the state’s total land area.
The new additions to Queensland’s protected areas are:
More than $500,000 will also be distributed across 90 projects to help Queensland private nature refuge landholders enhance conservation values and reduce the impact of intense bushfires on their properties.
Minister Scanlon added “Queensland has the largest private protected area network in Australia by land area that protects a diversity of ecosystems with varying susceptibility to intense bushfire.
“We’ve made funding available to commence fire management planning on nature refuges to help reduce the risk of fire detrimentally impacting these important natural areas.
Minister Scanlon said across Queensland there were 541 nature refuges and one Special Wildlife Reserve, covering more than 4.47 million ha - almost a third of Queensland’s protected area estate.
“Our nature refuges stand to benefit from a professional fire management plan to guide future management specifically designed to reduce bushfire impacts on conservation values.
Some of the successful recipients of the latest grant round include:
Image of Wongaloo Conservation Park courtesy of Wongaloo Conservation Park Trustee: The Wetlands and Grasslands Foundation
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