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Queensland beekeepers’ access to national parks to be extended for 20 years
The Queensland Beekeepers’ Association has welcomed a State Government commitment to extend access to existing apiary sites in national parks for another 20 years.
Key points:
- Queensland beekeepers were to be locked out of existing national park apiary sites at the end of 2024
- The Queensland Government has committed to extending access until 2044
- Beekeepers say that decision will save agricultural crops that rely on bees for pollination
The Nature Conservation Act 1992 had set a deadline of December 31, 2024 for ending existing apiary permits over former forest reserves that were gazetted national parks.
But in a letter from Deputy Premier Steven Miles that deadline was dramatically extended to December 31, 2044, delighting Queensland…
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