Green Queensland - Land conservation
2020 target: Protect 50% more land for nature conservation and public recreation
Measure:
- National park estate. Source: Department of the Environment and Resource Management Estate Register.
- Land for public recreation. Source: Department of Infrastructure and Planning Register (under development).
Lead agency: Department of Infrastructure and Planning.
National Park Estate
Queensland is home to 80% of Australia's native birds, 70% of its native mammals and just over half of its native reptiles and frogs.
This inheritance of wildlife carries with it a responsibility to protect and preserve it.
As at 30 December 2009, 8.06 million hectares of land was protected in national park estate.
Land for public recreation
Information on land available for public recreation is difficult to quantify because it is held by different levels of government and can also be privately owned. The data is classified in a variety of ways and has never been captured centrally. As a consequence, the measure for this target was not established when Toward Q2 was launched in September 2008.
To date, 81,000 hectares of land for public recreation across 11 local government areas in South-East Queensland (SEQ) have been identified using this register. This represents the SEQ baseline. Work will continue on collecting and validating the vast range of information on land for public recreation across each of Queensland’s 73 local government areas. A Queensland-wide baseline will be developed by 30 June 2010, which will include privately owned land for public recreation.
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Last updated Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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