QUICKIE E#03 Catastrophic land clearing in Queensland, Australia

Conservation Crossroads

In this QUICKIE episode of #ConservationCrossroads we learn about the catastrophic land clearing rates in Queensland, Australia. New data has been published revealing the annual land clearing rates for Queensland which have increased by 30% in the past year: http://bit.ly/2ygAeOM. The land clearing data report we are discussing in this episode can be found here: http://bit.ly/2yg1rB5 Dr April Reside works as a post-doctoral research fellow at the NESP Threatened Species Hub (http://bit.ly/2yi0VCH) at The University of Queensland (http://bit.ly/2yh0lVC). To learn more about April’s research find her here -> http://bit.ly/2ygUAaJ or find April’s recent paper about land clearing in Queensland here -> Reside et al, 2017, Ecological consequences of land clearing and policy reform in Queensland, Pacific Conservation Biology: http://bit.ly/2ygUOOQ. Another recent paper by A/Prof Jonathan Rhodes on the effectiveness of Queensland's vegetation management regulations can be found here -> Rhodes at al 2017, Assessing the effectiveness of regulation to protect threatened forests, Biological Conservation: http://bit.ly/2yfVbcy. Join the conversation on Twitter by tagging Carla @CarlaWildlife, Rachel @YumMusings or #ConservationCrossroads! Media article associated with the spike in land clearing and land clearing more broadly in Australia can be found here: The Conversation: http://bit.ly/2ygHbPT and http://bit.ly/2yh1MmY The Guardian: http://bit.ly/2yh6Nfw and http://bit.ly/2yg2j8P WWF news: http://bit.ly/2yfH5Im ABC news and World Today: http://ab.co/2yhOkzA and http://ab.co/2ygBP7a Green Fire Science blog: http://bit.ly/2ygfQx3 ALERT: http://bit.ly/2yhNWkF 4zzz radio: http://bit.ly/2yggH0J Rural weekly and The Chronical: http://bit.ly/2yhOdnH and http://bit.ly/2yhOB5D NGO’s you can get into contact with about land-clearing Qld Conservation Council: http://bit.ly/2yhOGpA WWF: http://bit.ly/2ygacLF Wilderness Society: http://bit.ly/2ygHOcl EDO: https://www.edoqld.org.au/ Music and Editing: GarageBand Cover Photo: Blake Alexander Simmons