Abstract

The Queensland Government in Australia is applying a values-based approach to park management across the State’s protected areas based on international effective and equitable management principles. To showcase successful park management in practice and to identify areas requiring improvement in the approach, the Queensland Government is participating in the IUCN Green List programme. Nomination of Lamington National Park, Australia’s first World Heritage protected area to be assessed, has shown the importance of linking strategic planning to in-park operations, the advantages of working collaboratively internally and externally, the importance of capacity for park management and establishing long-term goals and investment, effective ways to ‘close the gap’ on adaptive management, and the flow of benefits to other protected areas across the State

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