Please keep in touch by "Liking" this page and visiting http://ptba.net.au/. We are an alliance of environmental
organizations dedicated to
ensuring the protection of areas of high conservation values. The primary aims of the alliance are:
To advocate the protection of areas of high conservation value. To identify and encourage activities which improve understanding of their biodiversity and other environmental values. Our wide ranging and far reaching membership gives us access to
experts in a multitude of fields who are located all over Queensland. Actions in which the alliance is currently engaged include:
The examination of proposed changes to the Nature Conservation Act, Vegetation Management Act, EPBC and other conservation
legislation, and appropriate responses to the same in the form of
written submissions, letters to appropriate authorities, email and
social network campaigns. Conducting biodiversity surveys in areas that are under exploration for coal mining or CSG or subject to potentially inappropriate
activities including nature refuges and State Forests. To date
surveys have been conducted on Bimblebox Nature Refuge and
Apsey property (purchased in 2012 as National Park). Collecting conservation data on priority State Forests. The State
Forests in the Surat, Galilee and Bowen Basins are some of the last patches of remnant vegetation in Central Queensland. There are
almost 50 Forests in this region, which vary in size from 4,000 ha to >200,000 hectares. Unfortunately, this area is under considerable pressure from extractive industries, particularly CSG and coal mining. Alliance members will be visiting select State Forests throughout the year to contribute to their species records. This work will help build a case for their long-term protection.
