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Southern Cassowary.
By 2025, cassowaries will be a rare sight in the wild at Mission Beach if current land use and population trends continue.
Photo by Mr Matt Bradford.

Land use and population in Mission Beach in 2025: a business as usual scenario

CSIRO has created a picture of Mission Beach in 2025 based on current trends in land use and population growth. (1 page)


This A4 poster provides a vision of Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia, in 2025, based on current trends in land use and population growth.

The poster describes how if current trends continue, then when compared to 2007, in 2025 Mission Beach will have:

  • 3 000 more people living in the area
  • 500 more hectares of intensive land use
  • increased numbers of dogs and cats
  • more traffic
  • more restored and protected habitat areas.

Find out about the Land use and population in Mission Beach in 2007.

 

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