Save Deongwar Forest | High Conservation Queensland native forest

WELCOME

UPDATE

Please sign this current petition which points out to the Minister for the Environment that the Code of Practice for logging does not protect the habitat for the greater gliders and other hollow dependent species. Therefore logging, even within the guidelines of the COP, will still result in the local extinction of these unique and precious animals.

Logging ceased at the end of March 2024, so the focus now is to transition this forest to a conservation estate.

The 27th April 2024 Bioblitz helped to demonstrate the value of this forest.

GOOD NEWS

After 25 years, logging and bushfires, a greater glider was spotted in Deongwar state forest during the Bioblitz.

Awaiting very encouraging results from the recent thermal drone and detection dog surveys done by the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Petition closes 9/3/25

The Guardian article

Please join us and take action to protect DEONGWAR STATE FOREST.

111km west of Brisbane, Deongwar Forest is a large intact remnant forest with good connectivity to adjoining nature reserves and nearby national parks.

This high value conservation forest contains:

4871 hectares of intact native forest including extensive scenic rocky creek systems and associated rainforest

habitat for at least 146 protected native animals including the long-nosed potoroo, powerful owl, black-breasted button-quail, white-throated needletail, glossy-black cockatoo, koala and greater glider

2661 hectares of koala habitat which represents 55% for its total area

311 hectares of endangered blackbutt woodland

4700 hectares of greater glider habitat which represents 100% of its total area

at least 94 native plant species

a critical wildlife corridor connecting adjacent National Parks and other State Forests

ecological resilience within the broader landscape offering refuge to wildlife when conditions in other areas may be less desirable, for example during and after bushfire

culturally significant areas for the First Nations people

an important central node of high elevation climate change refugia within the South East Queensland Biodiversity corridor

a young forest that will sequester carbon at a linear rate for hundreds of years

A 2021 report commissioned by the Queensland Conservation Council highlighted the high conservation values of Deongwar State Forest and recommended it for priority transfer to national park status.