2017-02-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   13 FEBRUARY 2017




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                         13 FEBRUARY 2017

      4.    Shaping the future of Queensland’s protected area system
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      Public protected areas such as national parks and              There are several factors that need to be considered when
      conservation parks currently form 70% of Queensland’s          applying a medium-term target to growing Queensland’s
      protected area system, with privately-owned nature             protected area system. The ratio of public to private protected
      refuges making up the remaining 30% of protected areas.        areas will need to be considered, as will the relative State
      Incentive schemes, such as the Queensland Government-          funding required to grow both the private and public
      funded NatureAssist program, have generated increased          components of the protected area system. The government
      participation in protected areas by the private sector, with   will also need to decide what proportion of the overall
      nature refuges comprising the majority of the increase in the  protected area budget to allocate to the proposed Special
      protected area system over the last 10 years.                  Wildlife Reserve type of private protected area, compared
      The Queensland Government’s long-term target to grow           with nature refuges and public protected areas.
      the protected area system in line with the United Nations      The various protected area types, including the proposed
      Convention on Biological Diversity target, is ambitious and    Special Wildlife Reserve, have differing costs and suitability
      will be challenging to achieve. The setting of a medium-term   for implementation, differing levels of protection and use,
      target, to achieve a comprehensive, adequate, representative   and differing degrees of public benefit, particularly relating
      and climate resilient protected area system, would assist      to public access.
       in focussing efforts over a set period of time. This would    All of these factors need to be considered when thinking
      allow for a more strategic approach to investment in           about the desired make-up of the protected area system.
      conservation opportunities.

         ACTION PROPOSED
         A19. Develop a medium-term target for working towards a 17% terrestrial protected area coverage, including relative
               contributions of private and public areas

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         Q19. The current ratio of public protected area coverage to private protected area coverage in the state is
               70:30. Do you think this is appropriate? If not, what sort of ratio should we have, and why?

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