Ecology guides, legislation updates, and project insights for Queensland developers, planners, and landowners.
September 8, 2026
Queensland’s regulated vegetation management map was re-certified on 3 September 2026, and clearing from now is assessed against that version. Check your lot, and lock the categories in with a PMAV before you clear, sell, subdivide or lodge.
August 28, 2026
Land mapped high risk on the flora survey trigger map may require a flora survey before clearing. What the trigger map requires, where category X and a development approval leave you short, and what to do when the clearing has already happened.
June 15, 2026
Many Queensland properties have a regulated vegetation management map that controls what you can clear, where you can build, and what approvals you need. That state map is not locked…
October 27, 2012
A practical guide to finding free environmental constraints mapping for Queensland properties, covering Queensland Globe, DAMS, SPP IMS, WildNet, PMST, council overlays, and koala habitat mapping.