Conservationists have protested outside Queensland parliament over what they say is a broken promise not to relax tree clearing laws.

The state government is expected to pass amendments to vegetation management laws on Tuesday to allow farmers to clear their land without permits for routine management, such as building fences.

They won't be able to clear remanent forest, except when they have approval to establish a high-value agricultural area.

The government says the previous Labor government allowed the pendulum to swing too far towards extreme green policies and farmers support the changes.

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But opposition environment spokeswoman Jackie Trad says millions of hectares of regrowth vegetation will be vulnerable to clearing.

She says Premier Campbell Newman promised twice not to change the laws.

"He is breaking an election promise and the people of Queensland will judge him harshly for that," Ms Trad said.

About 30 activists protested outside parliament house, many dressed in koala suits and holding placards reading: "No tree, no me".

The Wilderness Society's Tim Seelig said Queensland used to be the land clearing capital of Australia.

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KUANTAN, May 20 (Bernama) -- Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob has come to the defence of a land clearance on a 24ha site in Pos Terisu, Cameron Highlands, saying that it was being carried out in accordance with the law.

He said the land clearing was carried out after the Orang Asli Development Department (JAKOA) took over the land from Orang Asli in the area for an agricultural development.

"Those who feel that there was an abuse of power or a corrupt practice involved in the venture, please report it to MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission), instead of making wild accusations," he told reporters after announcing the state executive council's line-up in Kuantan, Monday.

He was commenting a newspaper report that another huge tract of virgin jungle was found stripped bare in Pos Terisu, Cameron Highlands to make way for more vegetable farms.

According to the report, a special task force to be set up under the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry would work with the Pahang government to tackle the widespread ravage of Cameron Highlands.

Adnan said a company had been engaged by JAKOA to carry out an agricultural project there to ensure that land development would be carried out systematically and avoid unorganised land clearing by Orang Asli.

"The company had been making payouts to 55 Orang Asli families involved in the venture yearly since 2008," he said, adding that each Orang Asli family was given RM800 in 2008, RM1,800 (2009), RM2,400 (2010) and RM4,000 (2011).

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Queensland scientists are warning of devastating habitat and species loss if changes to the states land clearing laws go ahead.

Twenty-seven academics from universities across Queensland are urging Premier Campbell Newman to reconsider proposed changes to the Vegetation Management Act.

These are big policy decisions and theyll affect our wildlife and our biodiversity forever, so we think its really important to get them right, said Concerned Queensland Scientists spokeswoman Martine Maron.

An amendment bill was introduced into parliament in March and referred to the parliamentary committee for State Development, Infrastructure and Industry, which is due to report back on Tuesday May 14.

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If approved, the changes would allow further vegetation clearance for dryland and irrigated high-value agriculture, to help the government achieve its goal of doubling Queenslands food production by 2040.

But Dr Maron, a senior lecturer in environmental management at the University of Queensland, said it would come at the cost of high-conservation regrowth such as the brigalow tree.

Theres less than 10 per cent of it left, and thats why its nationally endangered, she said.

We cant get that plant community off the threatened list if we keep clearing it we need to allow some of that high-value regrowth to mature.

"Theres many species that rely upon not just mature bushland, but also that high-value regrowth, in order to survive."

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