Queensland Conservation welcomes the Queensland government's proposal to end the mass release of helium balloons at government events. It brings Queensland into line with other states such as NSW. Helium balloons and plastics end up in our waterways and seas where they entangle and choke marine life, which mistake them for jellyfish or small prey. Helium balloons are constantly found in the guts of turtles and sea birds. This is a responsible and practical move towards a better environment. To support this move, have your say on the draft waste strategy and support the ban on mass release of lighter than air helium balloons at Government events+ Full Story
This is a joint statement of concern by International Non-Governmental Organisations, urging the Japanese government, as well as governments around the world to ensure that Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki are not unjustly and disproportionately punished for their peaceful, public-interest expose of corruption in the Japanese whaling programme.
We fully support the following statement and urge the Japanese authorities and all concerned governments and decision makers to protect the rights to protest as outlined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The continued political prosecution of two peaceful protestors from Greenpeace in Japan is of grave concern.
The Queensland government has banned the killing of flying-foxes as a method of fruit crop protection. This is important for conservation and animal welfare, and beneficial for woodlands and forests. Because shooting is ineffective, most fruit growers have netted their crops. Here we explain why it is important the ban stays in place, and why the fruit industry will not suffer dire consequences because of it.
In the same week that the Great Sandy area was listed by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve conservationists are seeking to have Fraser Island placed on the World Heritage in Danger List because of Queensland government neglect
Queensland Conservation member group the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) campaigned for 17 years to get Fraser Island World Heritage recognition has now asked the World Heritage Committee in Paris to identify its listing as being “in Danger”
FIDO Honorary Project Officer, John Sinclair, said that the Queensland Government has failed to test the water quality in the islands iconic lakes for more than twelve years and is still resisting all calls to test the water now and this was endangering World Heritage values
The release of the State Government 2009 Koala Report reveals koala numbers have plunged by 64% in 10 years.
The results of the 2008 Koala Coast koala survey estimates a population of 2279 animals. Based on the population
estimate of 4611 koalas in 2005-2006, this represents a 51% decline in less than three years and a 64% decline in the
10 years since the original 1996-1999 estimate of 6246 koalas.
On 10 October 2008, the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia was listed as a critically endangered ecological community under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). This ecological community provides habitat for over 70 threatened plants and animals and provides an important buffer to coastal erosion and wind damage. To accompany the listing the Australian Government has prepared an information booklet - Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia, EPBC Policy Statement 3.9.
This policy statement aims to increase awareness, explain the reasons for the listing, provide advice on how to identify, assess and manage this ecological community and highlight the EPBC Act implications of its listing. The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts is distributing the policy statement widely to enable landholders (e.g. farmers), environmental managers and other stakeholders to use it as a reference and help ensure sustainable management and protection for this critically endangered community.
The following is a letter to the editor from one of the owners of aproperty which was recently declared a nature refuge "in perpetuity" bythe State Government. Sadly it seems that "in perpetuity" really means "until a coal mine wants to dig it up" to the Queensland Government.
The owners have started an online petition to the Queensland Government asking them to remove the legal contradiction and offer some security to graziers and other landholders who are trying to conserve their patch of Queensland for future generations.
Dear Sir
Queensland Country Life has given excellent coverageof the all-too-real threat to grazing and farming land from mining interests.As reported, mining holds an absolute right over virtually all other land uses.The more careful, sustainable use of our natural resources is disregarded whenconfronted by large scale mining.
Too often primary production and conservation are seen as contradictorywhen in fact, many agricultural and grazing properties are also importantconservation areas. Some are covered by perpetual Nature Refuge Agreements,signed between landholders and the state government to "permanentlypreserve the land's ecological values".
It's crunch time for Moreton Bay's precious wildlife. Decisions about Moreton Bay Marine Park's future are being made by the Queensland Government right now - decisions which will effect the future of our dugongs, dolphins and turtles.
Queensland Conservation welcomes the Queensland government's proposal to end the mass release of helium balloons at government events. It brings Queensland into line with other states such as NSW. Helium balloons and plastics end up in our waterways and seas where they entangle and choke marine life, which mistake them for jellyfish or small prey. Helium balloons are constantly found in the guts of turtles and sea birds. This is a responsible and practical move towards a better environment. To support this move, have your say on the 
This is a joint statement of concern by International Non-Governmental Organisations, urging the Japanese government, as well as governments around the world to ensure that Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki are not unjustly and disproportionately punished for their peaceful, public-interest expose of corruption in the Japanese whaling programme.
The Queensland government has banned the killing of flying-foxes as a method of fruit crop protection. This is important for conservation and animal welfare, and beneficial for woodlands and forests. Because shooting is ineffective, most fruit growers have netted their crops. Here we explain why it is important the ban stays in place, and why the fruit industry will not suffer dire consequences because of it.
Flying Foxes and Fruit Crops
In the same week that the Great Sandy area was listed by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve conservationists are seeking to have Fraser Island placed on the World Heritage in Danger List because of Queensland government neglect
The release of the State Government 2009 Koala Report reveals koala numbers have plunged by 64% in 10 years.
On 10 October 2008, the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia was listed as a critically endangered ecological community under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). This ecological community provides habitat for over 70 threatened plants and animals and provides an important buffer to coastal erosion and wind damage. To accompany the listing the Australian Government has prepared an information booklet - Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia, EPBC Policy Statement 3.9.
The following is a letter to the editor from one of the 
It's crunch time for Moreton Bay's precious wildlife. Decisions about Moreton Bay Marine Park's future are being made by the Queensland Government right now - decisions which will effect the future of our dugongs, dolphins and turtles.