SPECIAL REPORT SEQ TREE CLEARING

SPECIAL REPORT

SEQ Hammered by Tree Clearing

Three football fields of trees cleared an hour…

Every hour, of every day, all year long.

All figures in this report are based on a data received from the Qld Herbarium 2^nd September entitled "Changes in Vegetation and Regional Ecosystems across pre-clearing, remnant 1995 and remnant 1997 including the tenure they occur over in the SEQ bioregion"

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TABLE ONE Clearing Summary

Clearing Summary
Total pre-clear RE 1995	6,124,753
Total Remnant RE 1995	2,706,769
Total Remnant RE 1997	2,680,841
Total Area Cleared from 1995 to 1997	25,928
Total percent remaining in 1995 remnant	44.19
Total percent remaining in 1997 remnant	43.23

TABLE TWO Clearing Summary in Football field units

Football fields of trees cleared in SEQ
Every week	498.62
Every day	71.23
Every hour	2.97

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The NHT agreement between the Federal Government and the State Government requires that clearing of endangered ecosystems be stopped !

TABLE THREE Clearing of Endangered, Vulnerable and Of Concern Ecosystems in SEQ

Total Clearing (ha)95-97 of SEQ Ecosystems "Of Concern, Vulnerable, Endangered" by Extinction Date

Extinction Date	E	V	OC	TOTAL
2000	18			18
2033		1597		1597
2038	11			11
2039	321		362	683
2046			209	209
2051			705	705
2053	32			32
2054			298	298
2056			9	9
2060			221	221
2061			854	854
2064			1558	1558
2071			585	585
2074			255	255
2080			407	407
2082		152		152
2083			361	361
2085			242	242
2099	1410			1410
2110		17		17
2113		91		91
2135	18			18
2146			963	963
2171	48		43	91
2186	9			9
2197		336		336
2276			79	79
2295		126		126
2322			214	214
2356		27		27
2435			22	22
2508			54	54
2557			7	7
TOTAL	1867	2346	7448	11661

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TABLE FOUR Clearing of Regional Ecosystems ranked by Extinction Date

Extinct By Date	Regional Ecosytem Number	Pre-Clear (ha)	1995 (ha)	1997 (ha)	%cleared 1995	Reduction 1995-97	%remain 1997	Cleared (ha)	Our Status	DEH Status	Reveg Target
2000	12.9/10.11	1228	36	18	97.07	50	1.47	18	E	E	105
2033	12.12.8	117436	27748	26262	76.37	5.36	22.36	1486	V	OC	8969
2033	12.5.11	9865	2107	1996	78.64	5.27	20.23	111	V	E	964
2038	12.3.10	27125	236	225	99.13	4.66	0.83	11	E	E	2488
2039	12.5.3	51719	6938	6617	86.59	4.63	12.79	321	E	OC	1141
2039	12.12.22	17753	7916	7554	55.41	4.57	42.55	362	OC	NC
2046	12.9/10.12	8479	5316	5107	37.3	3.93	60.23	209	OC	NC
2051	12.3.5	53500	19438	18733	63.37	3.63	35.01	705	OC	NC
2053	12.12.26	8230	913	881	88.91	3.5	10.7	32	E	E	354
2054	12.11.8	32929	8766	8468	73.38	3.4	25.72	298	OC	OC	1411
2056	12.9/10.10	317	271	262	14.51	3.32	82.65	9	OC	OC
2060	12.5.2	21780	7121	6900	67.3	3.1	31.68	221	OC	OC	723
2061	12.12.23	90053	27892	27038	69.03	3.06	30.02	854	OC	NC	4481
2064	12.5.4	20763	6725	6529	67.61	2.91	31.45	196	OC	OC	738
2064	12.5.12	103909	46910	45548	54.85	2.9	43.83	1362	OC	NC
2071	12.9/10.3	84421	22025	21440	73.91	2.66	25.4	585	OC	OC	3886
2074	12.3.6	28081	9975	9720	64.48	2.56	34.61	255	OC	NC	108
2080	12.12.28	51744	17266	16859	66.63	2.36	32.58	407	OC	NC	1251
2082	12.5.5	43284	6540	6388	84.89	2.32	14.76	152	V	OC	105
2083	12.3.12	18877	15751	15390	16.56	2.29	81.53	361	OC	NC
2085	12.12.14	6130	2627	2568	37.15	2.25	41.89	59	OC	OC
2085	12.12.24	9881	8226	8043	16.75	2.22	81.4	183	OC	NC
2090	12.3.11	129134	49709	48657	61.51	2.12	37.68	1052		NC
2094	12.3.4	49258	16814	16473	65.87	2.03	33.44	341		NC	767
2099	12.3.3	693754	72945	71535	89.49	1.93	10.31	1410	E	E	32528
2108	12.5.1	36526	18004	17684	50.71	1.78	48.41	320		NC
2110	12.8.24	5222	969	952	81.44	1.75	18.23	17	V	OC	615
2113	12.3.1	23067	5332	5241	76.88	1.71	22.72	91	V	OC	1679
2120	12.9/10.2	219928	81524	80213	62.93	1.61	36.47	1311		NC
2124	12.9/10.17	133175	64393	63389	51.65	1.56	47.6	1004
2135	12.9/10.6	28588	1253	1235	95.62	1.44	4.32	18	E	E	1624
2145	12.8.10	685	448	442	34.6	1.34	64.53	6		OC
2146	12.12.7	275439	72476	71513	73.69	1.33	25.96	963	OC	OC	11119
2149	12.8.25	6066	3376	3332	44.35	1.3	54.93	44
2163	12.8.17	46059	23716	23432	48.51	1.2	50.87	284
2171	12.5.6	13407	3772	3729	71.87	1.14	27.81	43	OC	OC	293
2171	12.8.21	36535	4201	4153	88.5	1.14	11.37	48	E	OC	1327
2137	12.9/10.16	43627	17108	16867	60.79	1.14	38.66	241		OC
2174	12.5.7	39135	28001	27687	28.45	1.12	70.75	314
2175	12.3.2	23482	13837	13683	41.07	1.11	58.27	154
2175	12.9/10.5	48481	28747	28427	40.7	1.11	58.64	320
2178	12.9/10.21	27515	17199	17010	37.49	1.1	61.82	189
2181	12.9/10.9	36575	24725	24459	32.4	1.08	66.87	266
2185	12.12.3	91006	61860	61208	32.03	1.05	67.26	652
2186	12.9/10.8	10537	856	847	91.88	1.05	8.04	9	E	E	734
2187	12.11.17	56532	41457	41024	26.67	1.04	72.57	433
2197	12.9/10.7	192538	33892	33556	82.4	0.99	17.43	336	V	OC	24205
2117	12.2.12	19448	13563	13340	30.26	0.98	69.06	223
2202	12.5.8	16388	10102	10004	38.36	0.97	61.04	98
2204	12.11.19	17348	10618	10516	38.79	0.96	60.62	102
2204	12.12.5	301140	151963	150503	49.54	0.96	49.98	1460
2211	12.12.9	14222	12719	12601	10.57	0.93	88.6	118
2219	12.3.7	30568	13739	13616	55.05	0.9	44.54	123
2225	12.2.10	11604	10308	10218	11.17	0.87	88.06	90
2231	12.9/10.14	22839	12816	12707	43.89	0.85	55.64	109
2236	12.11.7	165282	56642	56171	65.73	0.83	33.98	471			1678
2256	12.9/10.4	101959	38986	38687	61.76	0.77	37.94	299
2257	12.9/10.18	9372	3789	3760	59.57	0.77	40.12	29
2276	12.12.12	39382	11064	10985	71.91	0.71	27.89	79	OC	OC	830
2286	12.12.11	99410	85527	84938	13.97	0.69	85.44	589
2288	12.8.8	14916	6435	6391	56.86	0.68	42.85	44
2289	12.11.18	55340	23210	23052	58.06	0.68	41.66	158		OC
2295	12.8.13	94272	18889	18763	79.96	0.67	19.9	126	V	OC	9519
2296	12.12.6	1162	1050	1043	9.64	0.67	89.76	7
2297	12.1.1	11256	5723	5685	49.16	0.66	50.51	38
2319	12.9/10.19	65693	49372	49067	24.84	0.62	74.69	305
2322	12.8.16	129600	34963	34749	73.02	0.61	26.81	214	OC	OC	4131
2347	12.1.2	162210	14772	14688	8.87	0.57	90.61	84
2356	12.9/10.15	24971	4870	4843	80.5	0.55	19.39	27	V	OC	2648
2399	12.5.9	9181	5845	5816	36.34	0.5	63.35	29
2407	12.11.5	193663	79800	79412	58.79	0.49	41.01	388
2414	12.3.14	11222	6279	6249	44.05	0.48	55.69	30
2435	12.11.16	16624	4835	4813	70.92	0.46	28.95	22	OC	OC	174
2432	12.12.2	32162	21177	21080	34.16	0.46	65.54	97
2468	12.11.6	348381	220540	219607	36.7	0.42	63.04	933
2508	12.11.11	44738	13839	13785	69.07	0.39	30.81	54	OC	OC	1873
2522	12.8.9	5360	5267	5247	1.74	0.38	97.89	20
2557	12.9/10.1	7069	1964	1957	72.22	0.36	27.68	7	OC	OC	164
2563	12.11.3	149370	99578	99227	33.33	0.35	66.42	351
2572	12.11.12	25627	12386	12343	51.67	0.35	48.16	43
2586	12.11.14	17827	9750	9717	45.31	0.34	54.51	33		E?
2586	12.12.18	4010	3247	3236	19.03	0.34	80.7	11		OC
2612	12.3.9	853	616	614	27.78	0.32	71.98	2
2622	12.11.13	6136	5015	4999	18.27	0.32	81.47	16		OC
2616	12.12.25	10507	9004	8975	14.3	0.32	81.4	29
2651	12.5.10	17154	13113	13073	23.56	0.31	76.21	40
2665	12.12.15	48651	35836	35729	26.34	0.3	73.44	107
2683	12.8.14	48512	39901	39785	17.75	0.29	82.01	116
2697	12.11.10	97485	45919	45788	52.9	0.29	46.97	131
2715	12.2.6	77012	75233	75024	2.31	0.28	97.42	209
2739	12.12.16	39169	26021	25951	33.57	0.27	66.25	70
2773	12.2.11	27494	17485	17440	36.4	0.26	63.43	45
2806	12.12.4	18175	17418	17375	4.17	0.25	95.6	43
2877	12.11.2	24535	16750	16712	31.73	0.23	68.11	38
2886	12.9/10.23	4599	4005	3996	12.92	0.22	86.89	9
3031	12.12.13	65370	40886	40807	37.45	0.19	62.42	79
3164	12.11.15	16539	10514	10496	36.43	0.17	63.46	18
3229	12.8.1	10519	8631	8617	17.95	0.16	81.92	14
3247	plant	0	2503	2499	0	0.16	0	4
3340	12.2.7	12671	8740	8727	31.02	0.15	68.87	13
3447	12.3.13	16119	9434	9421	41.47	0.14	58.45	13
3636	12.11.1	18568	11480	11466	38.17	0.12	61.75	14
3880	12.8.20	8434	6594	6587	21.82	0.11	78.1	7
3916	12.1.3	51831	46091	46043	11.07	0.1	88.83	48
3957	12.2.5	33820	27461	27433	18.8	0.1	81.11	28
4262	12.12.21	8245	7933	7926	3.78	9e-2	96.13	7
6235	12.8.4	25606	16959	16951	33.77	5e-2	66.2	8
6624	12.9/10.22	7192	4628	4626	35.65	4e-2	64.32	2
9052	12.8.3	26059	10585	10582	59.38	3e-2	40.61	3
9074	12.12.1	9955	7078	7076	28.9	3e-2	71.08	2
9664	12.12.27	19493	19171	19166	1.65	3e-2	98.32	5
39283	Pinus	0	130507	130500	0	1e-2	0	7
	Clear	0	3210462	3236413	0	-0.81	0	0

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