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A Rainbow Bee Eater in the Bimblebox Nature Refuge. Farming and conservation groups are asking for extra money to allow extra conservation work on private-run nature refuges in Queensland.CREDIT:COURTESY BIMBLEBOX NATURE REFUGE
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Sixteen farming, conservation and Indigenous groups are together lobbying the Queensland government for extra money to protect Queensland's network of privately owned nature refuges. Many of these refuges offer protection to species facing extinction. At present, the Queensland government contributes $4.6 million a year to the state's nature refuge network, Australia's largest network of more than 500 nature refuges. The contribution comes in the form of small grants to the landowners.

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