Land Clearing in Queensland’s Brigalow Belt

 

Queensland’s Brigalow Belt has been seen as one of the prime areas for agricultural and pastoral production since European settlement in Queensland in the mid-1800s. As a result areasIn 2016,

 

In 2013, a group of eminent Queensland scientists released a Public Statement of Concern about proposed changes to vegetation management law which would allow increased clearing for agriculture, mining and other development.