Protect the Bush Alliance unites the efforts of citizen scientists who are passionate about protecting Queensland’s biodiversity. Our volunteers gather and use environmental data to speak up for nature. Protect the Bush Alliance partners with landholders and local communities to protect their local areas, understand their priorities and collaborate for better conservation outcomes. We actively advocate for the conservation of areas of High Conservation Value and areas significant to local communities. Through submissions, storytelling and publicity, we help protect these places from land clearing, inappropriate mining and other landscape-degrading activities.
What We Do
– Collect and share biodiversity information
– Community campaigning
– Political and media advocacy
Protect the Bush Alliance empowers landholders and local communities to protect their local area. We work in partnership to understand local priorities and collaborate for better conservation outcomes. The data collected by our citizen scientists can help decision-makers understand the likely outcome of land use choices. Decisions made without this critical data can too easily cause irreversible damage to nature.
A Network of Passionate Supporters
Protect the Bush Alliance volunteers, members, and supporters all share a desire to be part of something bigger. We know we can achieve more by working together. Our members have a diverse range of environmental expertise and experience. Many are subject matter experts, professionally trained in botany, ornithology, landscape ecology, zoology, and entomology.
Our History
Protect the Bush Alliance was founded in 2012 by representatives of BirdLife Southern Queensland, National Parks Association of Queensland, Birds Queensland, Wildlife Queensland, Queensland Trust for Nature and the Project Officer of Wild Rivers Alliance at Queensland Conservation Council. This alliance brought together individuals and organisations to work collaboratively to protect Queensland’s flora and fauna. Since then, other organisations, nature refuge owners, landholders and individuals have joined the alliance. As a collective, we have become a powerful force to hold decision-makers accountable and influence better outcomes for the natural environment.Over the last decade, our organisation has provided multiple submissions to the Queensland Government. We advocate for improved environmental legislation and better approaches to development.