An Indigenous group has unanimously signed a declaration calling for fracking to be banned in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of south-east Queensland.

It comes as three oil and exploration licences for the region, held by Blue Energy, expire at the end of this year and in March 2019.

The Butchulla people, who are in the process of resolving the second part of their Native Title claim over Fraser Island, have called on the State Government to not renew the exploration company's permits.

Native Title Applicant Gemma Cronin is worried about the possibility of fracking for coal seam gas or shale in the future.

"You'd imagine we'd lose enormous amounts of country if something like that happened," Ms Cronin said.

"Yes, there's gas here, yes there's maybe shale oil too, but it's also a seismic place and it's also a beautiful piece of Australia."

Community not properly educated

Exploration company Blue Energy holds exploration licences for more than 2,900 square kilometres in the region, but cannot confirm if it is seeking to renew them.

Managing Director John Phillips said the company was in discussion with the Government.

"It will be a matter of public record shortly after the expiry date," Mr Phillips said.

"When there is a decision made it will be on the public record."

Mr Phillips said the State Government required Blue Energy to sign Native Title agreements with local Indigenous communities in 2010.

The Wide Bay-Burnett community calls for oil and gas exploration to be banned in the region. ( Supplied: Lock the Gate )

"We have three such agreements with the Butchulla Land and Sea, and the Port Curtis Coral Coast People, to have got those permits granted," he said.

Ms Cronin said the community was not properly educated on the fracking process before previous agreements were signed.

"I do not blame my elders for signing this permit, but I feel like they didn't understand how bad this thing is."

Ms Cronin said in the years the company had held the licences, there had been no engagement with the community.

"Where are they going with this and who are they going to bring in?" Ms Cronin asked.

Butchulla Indigenous representatives are supported by the Lock The Gate movement. ( Supplied: Lock the Gate )

Agriculture concerns

Environmental action group Lock the Gate has joined the campaign against the renewal of Blue Energy's exploration licences.

Under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, the group obtained documents from the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, which showed the licence-holder had been contacted about non-compliance action regarding the failure to complete activities in the work plan.

Lock the Gate's local representative Vicki Perrin said the non-compliance justified why the licences should not be renewed.

The ABC approached Blue Energy and the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy for a comment about those FOI documents, but have not had a response.

The local community is also opposed to the prospect of oil and gas exploration.

Fifth generation farmer Ashley Petersen said the risk to the local agricultural community was too great for the possibility of fracking to remain on the table.

"This area that we are farming in, we are water deficient, so we don't have enough water to grow the crops we've got," Mr Petersen said.

"So if we have to share that water with the gas industry, well then the agricultural side of things will have to suffer."

'A safe process'

Mr Petersen said he could not see how the agricultural and mining industries could coexist.

Fifth generation farmer Ashley Petersen says the risk to the local agricultural community is too great. ( ABC Wide Bay: Sarah Jane Bell )

"We've been farming in this area for 140 years, paying taxes and growing food for 140 years, 20 years of gas is just not worth it," he said.

Mr Phillips said the company was aware of the community's position against fracking.

"We are overtly aware of the campaign that's been undertaken by Lock the Gate, and in cooperation with agricultural businesses, private citizens and traditional owners," he said.

"We are not blind to the community perceptions both in Queensland and nationally about fracking stimulation.

"There have been 13 studies, independent inquiries into fracking stimulation and shale gas in Australia, all of which have come out saying that it is a safe process if properly regulated."