{"id":318444,"date":"2022-05-19T21:50:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=318444"},"modified":"2022-05-19T21:56:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:56:39","slug":"bpac-to-work-on-nature-refuges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/05\/19\/bpac-to-work-on-nature-refuges\/","title":{"rendered":"BPAC To Work On Nature Refuges"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_317266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-317266\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220423bonye6a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-317266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220423bonye6a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220423bonye6a.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220423bonye6a-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220423bonye6a-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220423bonye6a-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220423bonye6a-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220423bonye6a-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-317266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bunya Peoples&#8217; Aboriginal Corporation general manager Paul Dawson speaking at the recent opening of BPAC&#8217;s Bonye Bush University on the Bunya Mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 19, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The State Government has announced a partnership with the Bunya Peoples\u2019 Aboriginal Corporation (BPAC) to protect almost 1000ha of native habitat in the South Burnett and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon met with representatives from BPAC this week to announce $100,000 in funding to care for country on eight nature refuges in the area, building on funding provided through the government\u2019s Queensland Indigenous Land and Sea Ranger Program.<\/p>\n<p>The eight refuges are located at South-East Nanango, Booie, Kingaroy, Goodger, Boondooma, Wooroolin and Maclagan; and White Mountain in the Lockyer Valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve partnered with BPAC so Indigenous rangers can carry out weed control, property management planning and cultural burning on these nature refuges,&#8221; Minister Scanlon said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the eight nature refuges cover a total of 944ha of conservation-significant land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImportantly, it creates vital employment and training opportunities in the Toowoomba and South Burnett regions as part of our COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BPAC will work with the nature refuge landholders to deliver these activities by July.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the southernmost reaches of our state to Cape York in the far north, Queensland is home to 551 private protected areas \u2013 the largest private protected area network by land area in the country,&#8221; the Minister said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re partnering with groups like BPAC to support private landholders who are doing their bit to support the environment through owning and managing a nature refuge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BPAC general manager Paul Dawson said the outcomes would &#8220;not only enhance key values across private nature refuges but build lasting partnerships between landholders, Aboriginal rangers and key government environmental programs&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Government has announced a partnership with the Bunya Peoples\u2019 Aboriginal Corporation (BPAC) to protect almost 1000ha of native habitat in the South Burnett and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":317266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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