I pity the staff of Department of Environment & Heritage Protection (DEHP) charged with managing wildlife, ecosystems and sustainability, for the conflict the Queensland government has now established in policy with the Mines Minister announcing changes to the Vegetation Management Framework.  In the name of ‘greentape reduction’, significant land will be open to wide scale clearing of regrowth and remnant vegetation.   More

Some months ago I alerted members by email to this upcoming documentary which we thought would air on ABC at the end of last year, but is now to air on National Geographic later this year. More

The Queensland state governments assess koala habitat on the colour of pixels in a satellite map, and base infrastructure and development decisions upon that. Already, Koalatracker.com.au has proved that habitat value, as determined by this means, has little relationship with where koalas are living today. More