The Wilderness Society has published a report, Drivers of deforestation and land clearing in Queensland. It is available online as a downloadable PDF (embedded below).
Findings:
- Beef production remains the number one driver of deforestation and land clearing in Queensland.
- Deforestation for beef pastures remains a key threat to the Great Barrier Reef.
- More than 90% of beef-linked clearing in Queensland occurred in ecosystems meeting Australian and EU forest definitions.
- Deforestation for beef risks hundreds of threatened species, including the iconic koala.
- Merely 10% of land parcels linked to beef accounted for all beef-related deforestation in
Queensland (2021-22).
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