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The Web Inc (Brisbane Region Environment Council)

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Border Ranges


Overview

The Web Inc is the Regional Conservation Group for Greater Brisbane. Representatives sat on about 25 State and Local government Committees Expert Panels, but these have been slashed by Agencies to about three.

In terms of the Border Ranges Alliance BREC has a stake in Bahrs Scrub and Rainforest Stepping Stones in the Flinders Peak -Greenbank -Karawatha Corridor.   Some members worked historically with TEC on aspects of Levers Plateau Border Ranges National Park. About a dozen unmapped rainforest pockets in the Flinders Peak to Mt Barney Bioregional Corridor, threatened by neglect, some logging or infrastructure are being documented piecemeal.  Other rainforests and Old Growth Forests exist north of Springbrook and Lamington National Parks, in the Border Ranges and in the Main Range largely unprotected and requiring documentation.

What we do

Satellite city FLAGSTONE on the Interstate Railway, 150,000 pop.Current

  • Locating Rainforest Stepping Stones
  • Seeking funding
  • Networking
  • Data base retrievals
  • Submissions

Future Steps

  • Amelioration of the items of; land access for expert scientists, mapping revisions, mapping rules, baseline assessment  and monitoring funding
  • Seeking EIS and Biodiversity Assessments on all Developments and CODE Applications
  • Vegetation  protection of Remnant Vegetation and (un) Protected Regrowth seeking legislative review
  • Review of recent species identification rules
  • Campaigns, PowerPoints
  • Conservation Plans and Park Proposals

What we have achieved

  • Provided comments and changes to policy on the Vegetation Mapping Act, Annual The Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS)  and Landclearing Reports
  • Networking basic changes to the Flinders Peak to Greenbank to Karrawatha (FGK)State Significant Bioregional Corridor
  • Changes to Structure Plans

Contact

The Web Inc
Tel: 07 3801 2097
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Web: www.brec.ozecol.org

Resources

Gold Coast and Hinterland Environment Council (GECKO) http://gecko.org.au