In 2014-2015, 296,000 hectares per year of woody vegetation was cleared, statewide.

In 2016–2017, 356,000 hectares per year (ha/year) of woody vegetation was cleared, statewide. This represented a 9% decrease from 2015–2016. In 2017–2018, 392,000 hectares per year (ha/year) of woody vegetation was cleared, statewide. This represented a 10% increase from 2016–2017.

Queensland’s current remnant vegetation extent covers 80% of the state: 9.6% of this remnant vegetation is within protected areas.

The loss of remnant native vegetation in Queensland has been monitored since 1997 and reached a peak during 1999–2000 at which point 0.4% of the state’s remnant native vegetation was lost in 1 year. Remnant vegetation clearing increased by 168% in Queensland between the 2011–2013 and the 2015–2017 reporting periods, increasing from approximately 81,000ha to approximately 217,000ha. Of the 16 Broad Vegetation Groups statewide, 1 (comprising ‘Other acacia dominated open forests, woodlands and shrublands’) retains less than 60% of its pre-clearing extent as remnant native vegetation as at 2017.

The Flora Survey Trigger Map for Clearing Protected Plants in Queensland as defined by s247 of Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006.

While emissions from the land sector decreased 80% between 2005 and 2016, Queensland is the largest source of this type of emission in Australia.

The statewide landcover and trees study (SLATS) has been analysing and reporting on change (loss) of woody vegetation since 1988 using Landsat imagery. The vegetation change has been attributed to change classes representing what the replacement land cover is or if the vegetation change was due to natural causes.

Natural areas were identified by combining the National Vegetation Information System Version 4.1 data, and the National Carbon Accounting Forest Cover Version 8 data (after removing areas of plantation forestry).Plantation forestry areas were removed using three ABARES datasets 'Australia's plantations 2011', the 'Forests of Australia 2008' and the November 2012 version of the 'Catchment Scale Land Use Mapping For Australia'.Without information on the relative condition of Australia's natural areas, it has only been possible to identify areas into either one of two classes, those that are presumed to be relatively natural, and those that have been highly modified.Natural Areas were developed from a combination of: National Vegetation Information System (NVIS v4.1); Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2012. URL: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/native-vegetation/national-vegetation-information-system/data-products);Forest Extent and Change - Woody Vegetation (v8); Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, formerly the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, January 2011; Catchment Scale Land Use Mapping for Australia (Update March 2010,CLUM Update 03/10): Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences;Australia's Plantations 2011: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences;Forests of Australia 2008: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences.