Wildlife and ecosystems

Animals

• A-Z of animals
• Caring for wildlife
• Discovering wildlife
• Living with wildlife
• Wildlife Online
• Wildlife permits and licences
• Permit and licence management
• Threats to wildlife
• Research programs

Plants

Find out more information about Queensland’s flora—including our native plants, non-native plants and weeds and poisonous plants—or about the regulatory framework for clearing, growing, harvesting or trading protected plants.

Also find out about the Queensland Herbarium, the centre for research and information on Queensland ecosystems, plants and fungi.

Threatened species

• Endangered species
• Extinct in the wild
• Least concern
• Near threatened
• Rare
• Vulnerable
• Species recovery
• Recovery/Conservation plans
• Wildlife reclassification process
• Threatened Species Day

Private protected areas

• Nature Refuges Program
• NatureAssist
• Nature Refuge Landholder Grant
• Partnerships
• Koala Nature Refuges Program
• Contact us

Species prioritisation framework

• Back on Track species prioritisation framework - Links
• Back on Track species prioritisation framework approach
• Back on Track species prioritisation framework criteria
• Back on Track species prioritisation framework applications
• Back on Track Actions for Biodiversity documents
• Research priorities

Regional ecosystems

• Regional ecosystem descriptions
• Technical descriptions
• Remnant vegetation
• RE maps
• RE data

Biodiversity

Find out about the importance of biodiversity across our land and sea.

Rainforests

Rainforests in Queensland have significant diversity ranging from evergreen forests to semi-deciduous.

Community role

• Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers
• Private protected areas
• Special Wildlife Reserves Bill
• Community Sustainability Action grants
• Volunteers

Wetlands

• Protection of wetlands in Great Barrier Reef catchments
• Map of referable wetlands
• WetlandInfo