Clearing Ban Extended For Three Months

The moratorium period on clearing endangered regrowth vegetation, which began on 8 April 2009 and was set to end on 7 July 2009, has been extended for a further three months. This extends the period preventing the clearing of particular endangered regrowth and riparian vegetation across the State to 7 October 2009.

HG Alert: Moratorium on Clearing of Endangered Regrowth discussed the ramifications and consequences of the Vegetation Management (Regrowth Clearing Moratorium) Act 2009 on landowners, in particular graziers and developers. As outlined in the Alert, the Act legislates against the clearing of over one million hectares of land, including mapped endangered regrowth vegetation, in rural areas, and all native vegetation within 50 metres of a mapped watercourse in priority reef catchments of the Mackay/Whitsundays, Wet Tropics and Burdekin.