Unapproved land clearing an unfolding environmental crisis, green groups say

Satellite analysis shows clearing of more than 100 hectares at Cape York's Olive Vale station in year after minister's intervention

Land is being cleared in north Queensland without federal government approval despite concerns about threatened species in the area, in what conservation groups have claimed is an unfolding environmental crisis.

Four peak environmental bodies on Tuesday released satellite analysis showing more than 100 hectares at Olive Vale station in Cape York were cleared without approval in the year following the intervention of the federal environment minister in 2015.