ARCS is recognised as one of the most successful and longstanding conservation organisations in Australia. Its major achievements include:
protection of more than 1.5 million hectares of forest, including some of the best rainforests in Australia.
imminent protection of 1.25 million hectares of forest and woodland in the highly threatened Queensland Brigalow Belt Bioregion.
preparation of three successful World Heritage nominations, representing the majority of Australia’s listed forest sites.
total cessation of logging in Queensland’s rainforests on public land, which represent almost 85 per cent of the total rainforest estate on
mainland Australia.
a pioneering and successful, cooperative, solutions-based approach to resolving conservation conflicts, including.
- the highly acclaimed South East Queensland Forests Agreement.
- the Delbessie Agreement applying to more than 1 million square kilometres of leasehold land in Queensland.
numerous far-reaching government policy and legislative reform initiatives in the environment and energy sectors.
government-funded conservation and research programs worth $280 million ($40 million in rainforest research) with multi-billion dollar flow-on economic benefit.
