A walkthrough of the app, Queensland

GLIDER step by step

GLIDER, the Guide to Land-use Impacts, Development and Extinction Risk, shows for Queensland where woody vegetation has been cleared since 1988, what is there now, and the projected exposure of threatened taxa by 2070. This walkthrough goes through it from the first screen to the method, on real pages.

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Queensland, 1988 to 2024

13.6 million hectares of woody vegetation cleared in the 29 SLATS periods, summed period by period: 8.9 M ha in the early Landsat periods to 2008-09, 2.4 M ha in the Landsat years 2009-10 to 2017-18, and 2.4 M ha in the Sentinel-2 years 2018-19 to 2023-24.

Woody vegetation, 2023 Cleared, 1988-91 to 2017-18 Cleared, 2018-19 to 2023-24

GLIDER's 100 m grid drawn at 800 m a pixel, with the clearing shades strengthened so that scattered clearing shows.

Queensland on GLIDER's grid: woody vegetation in 2023 in green, clearing from 1988-91 to 2017-18 in tan and from 2018-19 to 2023-24 in rust

What GLIDER does

Records woody vegetation clearing in every SLATS period since 1988-91, for every council and electorate.
Sets out the development approved, applied for or referred now, and the threatened species habitat inside it.
Projects to 2070 the exposure of threatened taxa to development and climate change. 896 of the 1,050 listed taxa have a habitat map, and 469 of those a climate model.
Checks whether protected areas and offsets keep their vegetation, against similar land that was never protected.
Rebuilds each morning a one-page brief for each current EPBC referral in Queensland, and names those newly open for public comment.

What it gives wildlife conservation charities

Referral comments: the evidence for a site while its referral is open, usually for 10 business days. The referral's pages set out the threatened species likely to occur, GLIDER's habitat maps, the WildNet records within 5 km and the clearing since 1988, with a one-page brief to print or attach.
Advocacy: figures for each state and federal electorate to put to the local member.
Priorities: the threatened species most exposed to development and climate change, and the councils with the most of their habitat in development areas.
Offsets and refuges: evidence on whether they keep their vegetation, for submissions on offset policy.
Land near reserves: the clearing, tenure and protected land within 10 km of each protected area and offset.

GLIDER works from public data. Its habitat maps are its own derivation, and it does not assess whether an action is likely to have a significant impact.

GLIDER step by step

Queensland, 1988 to 2024

Queensland, October 2026

What GLIDER does

What it gives wildlife conservation charities

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