Maron, Martine, Laurance, Bill, Pressey, Bob, Catterall, Carla P., Watson, James, and Rhodes, Jonathan (2015) Land clearing in Queensland triples after policy ping pong. The Conversation, 18 March 2015. 38279. pp. 1-4.

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Abstract

[Extract] In 2013, a group of 26 senior scientists in Queensland (including ourselves) expressed serious concern that proposed changes to vegetation protection laws would mean a return to large-scale land clearing. The loss of these protections followed a Ministerial announcement in early 2012 that investigations into and prosecutions of illegal clearing would be halted.

Item ID:	38116
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
Keywords:	bushland clearing, deforestation, land clearing, LNP, Queensland
Date Deposited:	09 Sep 2015 23:29
FoR Codes:	05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity @ 100%
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