The Land Court of Queensland has rejected a bid to stop Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine from going ahead, but has made a list of recommendations to protect the environment.

Indian mining company Adani wants to build a $16 billion coal mine and rail line in the Galilee Basin in central Queensland.

Conservation group Coast and Country challenged the proposal in the Land Court in Brisbane on the impacts the mine would have to groundwater, climate change and biodiversity, including black-throated finches, an endangered species.

Handing down the decision on Tuesday, Land Court president Carmel MacDonald recommended the state Environment Minister grant mining leases subject to conditions.

Those conditions include six hour monitoring of water bodies from dawn and greater assessments and surveys of the black-throated finch.

The environmental conditions include:

Water bodies should be monitored over at least a six hour period

Water bodies should be monitored over at least a six hour period Detailed botanical assessment should focus on all black-throated finch locations

Detailed botanical assessment should focus on all black-throated finch locations More effort should be placed into actively locating black-throated finches and collecting information on their movements

More effort should be placed into actively locating black-throated finches and collecting information on their movements Recordings should be used when black-throated finches are encountered to better identify birds in the area

Recordings should be used when black-throated finches are encountered to better identify birds in the area Specific surveys be carried out to identify breeding areas

Specific surveys be carried out to identify breeding areas Experienced ecologists with sound understanding of the black-throated finches be involved in the surveys

Ms MacDonald also ordered that the Ten Mile Bore region be investigated to determine their importance in sustaining the black-throated finch population.

Coast and Country lawyer Derec Davies said it was a disappointing result.

"Today's decision will pave the way to the destruction of some of Queensland's most beautiful ecosystems," he said.

"Days after a binding international climate agreement here we see an Indian mining company seeking to develop a massive coal mine."

The Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche said the decision showed the group's claims were unfounded.

"This judgement is a comprehensive rejection of the activist argument against this huge job generating project, it's rejected the activist arguments around the financial viability of the project, it's rejected the activists arguments around the issue of climate change," he said.

The coal mine is facing another legal challenge in the Federal Court by the Australian Conservation Foundation.