Brisbane Times: State forests set aside as conservation areas by the previous Labor government could be declassified and reopened for commercial logging and grazing in a bid to revitalise the industries. National Parks Minister Steve Dickson said tracts of land, including former cattle stations, which had been "locked up" by Bligh government and earmarked to be national parks, had little conservation value. Mr Dickson said the Newman government would undertake a scientific review of more than 12 million hectares...
URL: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/conservation-areas-to-be-opened-up-to-logging-20120719-22bs9.html
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