Animals and plants

Subject

Conservation plans

Description

Conservation plans can allow for the ecologically sustainable taking and use of protected wildlife from the wild for commercial and non-commercial purposes.

Availability

Available online

Subject

CrocWatch

Description

The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) regularly receives reports of estuarine (saltwater) crocodile sightings and all reports are taken seriously. All reports are recorded and assessed by DERM staff following a standard procedure with set criteria, including whether a crocodile poses a threat to public safety or could potentially damage private property.

Availability

Available online

Subject

Freshwater and marine science

Description

Freshwater and marine science information, including water monitoring and aquatic species conservation.

Availability

Available online

Subject

Recovery Actions Database

Description

The Recovery Actions Database (RAD) will be a publicly accessible and interactive web-based information system that allows for the collection, management and dissemination of information on Queensland species at local, regional and state-wide levels.

Availability

Available online

Subject

Queensland Herbarium

Description

The Queensland Herbarium is the centre for information and research on Queensland plants and plant communities. It is responsible for discovering, describing, monitoring, modelling, surveying, naming and classifying Queensland's plant and ecosystem diversity.

Availability

Available online

Subject

Recovery plans

Description

A recovery plan is a document stating the research and management actions necessary to stop the decline, support the recovery and enhance the chance of long-term survival in the wild, of a stated species or community of protected wildlife.

Availability

Available online

Subject

Wildlife

Description

Wildlife information including species prioritisation and research and monitoring programs.

Availability

Available online

Subject

WildNet

Description

WildNet, the Department of Environment and Resource Management's wildlife database, contains recorded wildlife sightings and listings of plants, fungi, protists, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fish, marine cartilaginous fish and butterflies in Queensland. Wildlife Online provides online access to lists of wildlife that the EPA has recorded in WildNet for areas such as national parks, State forests and shires, or areas defined by the user.

Availability

Available online