Consultation on proposed Amendments to the protected area estate

Closed
16 August 2024 11.59pm
Topic
Queensland parks and wildlife
Type
Public notice and consultation
Region
Tropical North Queensland

The Department of Environment, Science and Innovation is proposing to make a number of amendments to the protected area estate and is seeking views in consideration of the Human Rights Act 2019, including Aboriginal peoples’ and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural rights.

The Department of Environment, Science and Innovation is proposing to make a number of amendments to the protected area estate and is seeking views in consideration of the Human Rights Act 2019, including Aboriginal peoples’ and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural rights.

The amendments to be made are as follows:

Tenure Local Government Area Details of proposal

Daintree National Park

Douglas Shire

Redescribe the existing Daintree National Park as:

  • lot 406 on SP296955, lots 155, 220 and 900 on SP296959, lot 14 on SP296960, lot 17 on SP309100, lot 82 on SP309103, lot 95 on SP309104, lot 24 on SP309105 and lot 95 on plan W3451, containing an area of 16.0437 hectares, about 85 kilometres north-west of Cairns.

Daintree National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)

Douglas Shire

Dedicate an area described as:

  • lot 8 on SP296956, lots 21 and 198 on SP296959 and lot 44 on SP309105, containing an area of 6.001 hectares, as part of the existing Daintree National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land), about 85 kilometres north-west of Cairns.

Ngalba Bulal National Park

Cook Shire

Redescribe the existing Ngalba Bulal National Park as:

  • lots 4 and 21 on SP154458, containing an area of 3.1479ha, about 125km north-west of Cairns.

Ngalba-bulal National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)

Cook Shire

Dedicate an area described as:

  • lot 11 on SP320133, containing an area of 5 hectares, as part of the existing Ngalba-bulal National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land), about 125km north-west of Cairns.

Eastern Yalanjiwarra Nature Refuge

Douglas Shire

Declare an area described as:

  • lot 63 on RP898391 and part of lot 10 on SP296958, containing an area of about 112.058ha, as the new Eastern Yalanjiwarra Nature Refuge, shown on PA Plan 1098.

Girringun National Park

Charters Towers Regional

Dedicate an area described as:

  • lots 2, 10 and 13 on SP347209, containing an area of about 7,188 hectares, as part of the existing Girringun National Park, about 56 kilometres north-west of Ingham.

Comment regarding the proposed amendments to the protected area estate must be in writing and directed to CYPTRPTenure@des.qld.gov.au or the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Cape York Peninsula Tenure Resolution Program, PO Box 4597, Cairns, QLD, 4870.

Comments received by 16 August 2024 will be considered by the department.

Amendments to the protected area estate under the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Regulation 1994 are administered by the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation.