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Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy Overview of Current Resources, Land Uses and Issues

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The Cape York Peninsula is a diverse and important region of tropical Australia covering 13,720,000 hectares.

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Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy Thematic Report 1 Of 3 Natural Resources and Ecology

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The Cape York Peninsula is a diverse and important region of tropical Australia covering 13,720,000 hectares.

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Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy Thematic Report 2 Of 3 Land Use and Economy

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The land on the Cape York Peninsula has historically been utilised by different cultures for different uses. Aboriginal land use was managed by a complex set of cultural practices involving some ecological manipulation (principally by fire) and a degree of active resource replenishment.

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National recovery plan for the wet tropics yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis unnamed subspecies

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The Wet Tropics yellow bellied glider is a small marsupial classified as vulnerable under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity  Conservation Act 1999 and Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992.

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National recovery plan for the water mouse (false water rat) Xeromys myoides

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The water mouse is listed as vulnerable under the Commonwealth Environmental Protection and Biodiversity and Conservation Act 1999 prompting the development of this plan in 2010 in order to improve the conservation status of the species by habitat conservation, threat reduction, research and public participation activities.

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National recovery plan for the buff-breasted button-quail Turnix olivii

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The buff-breasted button quail was listed as endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and vulnerable and Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 prompting the development of this national recovery plan.

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Plan for the recovery of the southern cassowary

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The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) occurs primarily in rainforest habitats but can also be found in woodlands, swamps, and disturbed vegetation forraging for fruits throughout the Wet Tropics.

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Recovery plan for threatened seabirds

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This plan attempted to improve the conservation status of ten species of Sea Birds by protecting and effectively managing breeding and foraging habitats and ensuring that threats such as pest flora and fauna dont prevent population growth.

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National recovery plan for the bare-rumped sheethtail bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus

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This plan was released in 2007 with the goal of improving the conservation status of the then critically endangered bare-rumped sheethtail bat. Restrictions on conservation efforts such as a poor understanding of species distribution and population location made the objective of this plan difficult.

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Whale Shark recovery plan 2005-2010

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The whale shark is the world's largest fish and one of only three filter feeding shark species, it was listed as vulnerable in 2001 under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC).

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