Queensland graziers illegally cleared the equivalent of seven football fields of protected greater glider habitat, the federal Environment Department finds.
Queensland graziers have illegally cleared the equivalent of seven football fields of protected greater glider habitat, the federal Environment Department has found.Seven hectares of greater glider habitat were illegally cleared on Meadowbank cattle station in north QueenslandThe Australian Conservation Foundation says it is doing the work of the regulator by uncovering illegal clearing cases
The property now has a 113-hectare zone marked"not to be cleared" under Commonwealth approval to clear another 1,358 hectares — about 10 times the size of the Brisbane CBD — for cattle forage and grain crops.after the Australian Conservation Foundation alerted them to evidence of clearing, including satellite images.
"We're pleased that the department has acted on the serious concerns that ACF has raised around Meadowbank station," Mr Trezise said.
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