Help on vegetation management
The Veg Hub — call before you clear
The Veg Hub is a free service to help landholders understand the vegetation management framework, including clearing laws in Queensland. The hub is a team of technical officers located in regional areas.
We work with you to provide suitable advice, options and solutions for your proposed clearing activities. Our friendly and experienced officers will assist you with your queries.
We can help you:
- understand the vegetation management framework
- determine the different vegetation category areas and regional ecosystems mapped on property
- prepare for natural disasters and assist with recovery efforts
- report unauthorised clearing
- make informed and effective decisions by providing information about vegetation management
- clarify any misunderstandings regarding the management of clearing of native vegetation
- understand vegetation management requirements when purchasing a property.
Contacts for clearing activities
Although the Veg Hub can help you understand the vegetation management framework, you may also need to undertake clearing activities that are impacted by other legislation. For advice on other clearing activities, call 13 QGOV (13 74 66) or use relevant contact details below.
Interference with overland flow (Water Act 2000)
Earthworks (significant disturbance) (Soil Conservation Act 1986)
- Contact the Department of Resources
Indigenous cultural heritage (Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage Act 2003)
- Contact the Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
Mining and environmentally relevant activities (Environmental Protection Act 1994)
- Contact the Department of Environment and Science
Infrastructure development (coastal) (Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995)
- Contact the Department of Environment and Science
Heritage issues (Queensland Heritage Act 1992)
- Contact the Department of Environment and Science
Protected plants and protected areas (Nature Conservation Act 1992)
- Contact the Department of Environment and Science (Permit and licence management) or call1300 130 372 (option 4)
Koala mapping and regulations (Nature Conservation Act 1992)
- Contact the Department of Environment and Science
Interference with fish passage in a watercourse, mangroves (Fisheries Act 1994)
- Contact the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Forestry activities on State land tenures (Forestry Act 1959)
- Contact the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Matters of national environmental significance, including listed threatened species and ecological communities (Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)
- Contact the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment or call 1800 803 772
Development and planning processes (Planning Act 2016 and State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971)
Local government requirements (Local Government Act 2009 and Planning Act 2016)
Harvesting timber in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage area (Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993)
- Contact the Wet tropics management authority or call (07) 4241 0500
Resources
- Landholder clearing guides.
- Understanding Queensland’s native vegetation clearing laws.
- Property Map of Assessable Vegetation (PMAV) application and related information.
- Vegetation Management Regional Ecosystems Description Database (VM REDD).
- Exempt clearing work.
- Accepted Development Vegetation Clearing Codes (ADVCCs), guides and forms.
- Area management plans (AMPs).
- Development approvals for clearing native vegetation.
- Last updated
- 19 June 2024
- Last reviewed
- 21 February 2023