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'Alarming' trend in Queensland tree clearing figures spurs call for tighter laws

2016-08-08 07:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Hundreds of thousands of hectares of land have been cleared in Queensland, a new study has found, after a surge led by cattle graziers under relaxed laws that the state government is seeking to overturn. A state science department study on land cover released on Sunday found 296,000 hectares of land was cleared in 2014-15, more than a third of it in Great Barrier Reef catchments. The deputy premier, Jackie Trad, said this was an alarming trend that demanded immediate action to protect the...

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