Department of Environment and Resource Management
Features
- National parks affected by weather
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Severe rains and flooding have forced the closure of camping grounds and walking tracks in some of the state’s national parks. If planning a visit, be sure to check the status of national park closures, as well as road and weather conditions, before leaving home.
- Flinders Karawatha Corridor
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The Queensland Government has protected the largest remaining continuous stretch of open eucalypt bushland in South East Queensland—the Flinders Karawatha Corridor.
- Gladstone environmental monitoring
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The Queensland Government is committed to ensuring that the Gladstone region can continue its role as a key economic base with a sustainable and healthy environment.
- Disaster recovery – one year on
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The department has worked with a range of partners over the past year to recover and conserve Queensland’s environment and natural resources affected by the 2010-2011 floods and cyclones
- Lake Eyre Basin
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Wild River declarations of the Cooper Creek, Georgina and Diamantina catchments will protect the Lake Eyre Basin.
- Have your say on the North Stradbroke Island economic transition strategy
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A draft Economic Transition Strategy has been developed for North Stradbroke Island.
- Reforming waste management
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The Queensland Government’s waste reforms started on 1 December 2011 as part of a plan to halve the amount of waste going to landfill by 2020.
- Strategic cropping land
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The Queensland Government anticipates the Strategic Cropping Land Act 2011 will commence on 30 January 2012.
In profile
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Queensland is seeing the development of a world-class liquefied natural gas industry. Have your questions answered or watch the latest online broadcasts on coal seam gas. -
North Stradbroke Island—protected for the future
The Queensland Government has announced the timeframe for the end of mining and the creation of a new national park on North Stradbroke. -
Queensland's Wild River areas include some of Australia's most unique ecosystems, rare and threatened plants, birds and marine and estuarine species.
Services
Comment on
- North West Queensland Draft Regional Water Supply Strategy
- Have your say on a proposal for Cape York World Heritage nomination
- Have your say on protected area management plans
- Draft State Planning Regulatory Provision - Particular Waste Management Activities on Existing landfills
- Marine mammal legislative review
Programs and initiatives
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Last updated 25 January 2012