Queensland’s Threatened Animals.

Abstract

THE explosion of the mining industry, recent change of government and ongoing debates over climate change and use of national parks makes threatened animals and their protection a red hot issue for many in the conservation sector in Queensland. Under “How to use this book” (p. 16) Lee Curtis states that “we hope that the information offered will lead you quickly and efficiently to the next step that will help to halt the population declines of threatened animals in our state”; the naivety of such a statement will not appeal to scientists in the field who constantly fight for increased legislative protections for threatened species, and actively work on on-ground management programs in attempts to halt such population declines. Anybody who has reached a stage where they are able to effect such a change