Queensland's best agricultural land is officially protected from some forms of mining.
The Strategic Cropping Land legislation came into effect on Monday.
The laws will take away the right to develop new open-cut mines in the strategic cropping land protection zones.
Miners would need to assess the land using eight scientific criteria to determine if it is good cropping land that needs protecting.
Food bowls in parts of the Surat Basin in southern Queensland, and the Emerald and Springsure region in central Queensland would be granted the highest level of protection.
9 News
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