Queensland

Land use associated with clearing is monitored by the Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS) annual reporting program. The analysis of land clearing pressure for threatened fauna pre-clear habitat refers to SLATS woody vegetation replacement land cover. Pre-clear habitat refers to the modelled extent of species habitat, prior to European settlement.

Across Queensland, 232,720 hectares of threatened fauna pre-clear habitat within woody vegetation was cleared in the 2021-2022 period. This represents a 10% decrease from the 2020-2021 period. The majority of this clearing (81%) in the 2021-2022 period was for pasture development. Clearing of threatened fauna pre-clear habitat within woody vegetation has decreased since 2018 in Queensland but has consistently been dominated by clearing for pasture development.

Some threatened fauna species may be unable to utilise woody regrowth vegetation as habitat. Threatening processes such as habitat degradation, loss of habitat connectivity, disease, predation, invasive species, grazing and inappropriate fire management place significant additional pressure on threatened fauna in both remnant and non-remnant habitat.