Protect Deongwar Petition

We are asking the Queensland State Government, and specifically the Minister for the Environment the Hon Andrew Powell MP and the Queensland Premier the Hon David Crissafulli MP to immediately transition Deongwar State Forest to a conservation estate.

The Australian Threatened Species Index demonstrates that over the last 25 years Queensland’s threatened terrestrial native birds and terrestrial mammals have declined by 70% and 60% respectively with many species trending towards local extinction, including our Greater Glider.

Permanently protecting Deongwar State Forest will be a step towards enabling us to replenish our stock of old growth forest so they can recover their full potential to provide the abundance and diversity of ecological resources necessary to support genetically diverse viable metapopulations that are not just marginally surviving but are able to recovery and thrive in their natural habitat over time.