Queensland’s private protected areas survey
We want to hear about your experiences and views to help shape our approach to private protected areas in Queensland.
Please ensure you have read the A Fresh Start for Private Protected Areas – Discussion Paper before answering the following questions.
Glossary
Queensland’s protected area estate comprises areas on both public and private land.
Private protected areas, including nature refuges and special wildlife reserves, are established through voluntary binding agreements with eligible landholders under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act).
Nature refuges can be established on a variety of land types and provide farmers and other landholders whose lands are confirmed to possess essential habitat and threatened or under-represented ecosystems with an opportunity to protect the biodiversity values on their land, while allowing compatible and sustainable land uses to continue.
A special wildlife reserve is a voluntary, binding and perpetual class of protected area, for application on privately-managed land in Queensland. Like national parks, they are created to protect areas of Queensland identified as containing exceptional natural and cultural resources and values.
Public protected areas
In Queensland, national parks, conservation parks and resources reserves are all types of public protected areas. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is the custodian and manager of terrestrial public protected areas, often in
partnership with First Nations Peoples.
Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures
Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), also known as Conserved Areas, are areas outside protected areas that provide effective and long-term in-situ biodiversity conservation.