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National parks are not enough – we need landholders to protect threatened species on their property

Stephen Kearney, The University of Queensland; April Reside, The University of Queensland; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Rebecca Louise Nelson, The University of Melbourne; Rebecca Spindler, UNSW , and Vanessa Adams, University of Tasmania

Threatened species don’t just live in national parks. Almost half of their distributions are on private land.
The critically endangered Leadbeater’s Possum lives within a single federal electorate. Their local MP has a responsibility to be their voice. Zoos Victoria

Just ten MPs represent more than 600 threatened species in their electorates

James Watson, The University of Queensland; April Reside, The University of Queensland; Brooke Williams, The University of Queensland; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland; Martine Maron, The University of Queensland; Michelle Ward, The University of Queensland; Richard Fuller, The University of Queensland; Scott Consaul Atkinson, The University of Queensland, and Stephen Kearney, The University of Queensland

Just a handful of federal members of parliament represent hundreds of Australia’s threatened species.
Abbot Point port would have to be expanded to ship coal from the proposed new mine. AAP Image/Greenpeace

Four environmental reasons why fast‑tracking the Carmichael coal mine is a bad idea

April Reside, The University of Queensland; Bonnie Mappin, The University of Queensland; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Sarah Chapman, The University of Queensland, and Stephen Kearney, The University of Queensland

Queensland’s planned new coal mine could impact the climate, the Great Barrier Reef, water, and local species. Yet still it has been declared as ‘critical infrastructure’ by the state government.

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