@environment @Bellingen
Dr. Tim Cadman about clear felling Tuckers Nob forest, compartments 26/27, also know as the proposed Great Koala National Park.
on Coffs Coast Breakfast (start 38 min - 49 min)
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/coffscoast-breakfast/coffs-coast-breakfast/102768584
Some points mentioned:
The impacts of clear felling on koalas and wildlife.
Koalas and other wildlife are 'blind' to so called 'plantation' labels or old growth forests.
The proposed logging period also overlaps with the 'vulnerable to extinction' marsupials' breeding season. ( September and February)
The noise, trucks, dust, fires, smoke, pesticides of industrial logging operations making the area unlivable for all living beings.
Possibly an uninhabitable scenic Gleniffer for approx. 2 - 5 years due to being tuned into an industrial site.
The short notice to (some) residents.
The undemocratic nature of non-consultation.
The fobbing off to a FCNSW website.
At approx. 47 min FCNSW had their statement read out.
#Gleniffer #residents #Bellingen #pesticides #fires #smoke #trucks #noise#FCNSW #logging #GKNP #GreatKoalaNationalPark #wildlife #biodiversity #RosesRoad #GlenifferRoad #StopLogging #TN26/27 #SaveTuckersNob
#gleniffer #residents #bellingen #pesticides #fires #smoke #trucks #noise #logging #gknp #greatkoalanationalpark #wildlife #biodiversity #rosesroad #glenifferroad #stoplogging #tn26 #savetuckersnob
New research shows: "Alarmingly, climate change is making bushfires more frequent."
Logging and 'thinning' Bellingen does too.
"We excluded deliberate burns such as hazard reduction (or prescribed) burns lit by fire authorities. We also excluded places that had been logged, because they’re known to be at a high risk of severe fire – and so including them would have skewed the results."
"Clearly, we must seek to limit the number of wildfires. An obvious response is to take more strident steps to tackle climate change. But even if humanity meets this huge global challenge, it will be a long time before we see demonstrable changes in climate conditions."
"More immediate options include managing vegetation to reduce flammability. For example, activities such as logging and thinning can make forests more flammable, so such practices should be halted in these vulnerable ecosystems."
"Greater efforts are needed to conserve biodiversity that is sensitive to fire, and to conserve ecosystems at risk of collapse. We must also embrace new technologies to detect wildfires as soon as they ignite, and suppress them as quickly as possible."
Logging elevated the probability of high-severity fire in the 2019–20 Australian forest fires
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01717-y
What environmental and climatic factors influence multidecadal fire frequency?
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4610
#biodiversity #climate #FossilFuels #fire #risks #water #Bellingen #Gleniffer #Gumbaynggirr #MidNorthCoast #logging #BellingenLogging #TuckersNobSF #GKNP #ClearFelling #koala #SaveTuckersNob #bushfires #biodiversity #conservation
#biodiversity #climate #fossilfuels #fire #risks #water #bellingen #gleniffer #gumbaynggirr #midnorthcoast #logging #bellingenlogging #tuckersnobsf #gknp #clearfelling #koala #savetuckersnob #bushfires #conservation
Bellingen - Tuckers Nob proposed logging/ clear felling Information Meeting
To the community of Tuckers Nob State Forest and any residents concerned by proposed Industrial Logging of Compartments 26/27 you are invited to a meeting by Friends of Tuckers Nob at
Gleniffer Hall
Thursday 17 of August at 6 pm
#biodiversity #climate #FossilFuels #fire #risks #water #Bellingen #catchment #RosesRd #GlenifferRd #trucks #traffic #noise #dust #Gleniffer #meeting #Gumbaynggirr #MidNorthCoast #logging #BellingenLogging #TuckersNobSF #woodchips #GKNP #ClearFelling #koala
#biodiversity #climate #fire #risks #water #bellingen #gleniffer #meeting #gumbaynggirr #midnorthcoast #logging #bellingenlogging #tuckersnobsf #woodchips #gknp #clearfelling #rosesrd #glenifferrd #fossilfuels #traffic #trucks #catchment #koala #noise #dust
Yet again - the air is filled with toxic PM2.5 from smoke. Strange coincident to have a fire on the closed #GlenifferRoad on a Sunday...
Working hard to make #Bellingen unlivable.
https://bellingen.disasterdashboards.com/light/dashboard/fire
Fire, Gleniffer Rd, Bellingen, NSW 2454
https://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Services/Major-Projects-Capital-Works/Major-Projects-RoadBridge-works/Roads/Gleniffer-Road
Gleniffer Road closed between Roses Road North and Roses Road South intersections from 9 January 2023 - Late April 2023
#Bushfire #Smoke #Bellingen #Roads #Downgrade #Gleniffer #Pollution #Health #Safety #RoadConstruction #Impacts
#glenifferroad #bellingen #bushfire #smoke #roads #downgrade #gleniffer #pollution #health #safety #roadconstruction #impacts
“#Gleniffer Road closed between Roses Road North and Roses Road South intersections from 9 January 2023 - Late April 2023”
https://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Services/Major-Projects-Capital-Works/Major-Projects-RoadBridge-works/Roads/Gleniffer-Road
Road closure, increased #traffic, #pollution and vegetation (habitat) clearing for four month. Smashing a wider, straighter road through the forest will encourage increased #traffic, #speeding and #roadkill. The stated rationale is to get more visitors to the “the popular tourist destination of the #PromisedLand. ” The 'Scenic Drive' might loose some of that picturesque charm, but one can get faster to the #NeverNever loo.
The Promised Land #swimming hole near #Bellingen records faecal #contamination of #water
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/promised-land-swimming-hole-bellingen-faecal-contamination/101844606
#Bellingen Shire #Tourism #Destination #Branding #BellingenShire #overtourism #swimming #roads alienated #ratpayers #cyclepaths #wildlife #heavymachinery #fossilfuel #climate #degrowth #biodiversity #habitat
#gleniffer #traffic #pollution #speeding #roadkill #promisedland #nevernever #swimming #bellingen #contamination #water #tourism #destination #branding #bellingenshire #overtourism #roads #ratpayers #cyclepaths #wildlife #heavymachinery #fossilfuel #climate #degrowth #biodiversity #habitat
Speeding detour #traffic is bringing motorists and their dogs to the secluded swimming spot at the freshwater Never Never #River.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/promised-land-swimming-hole-bellingen-faecal-contamination/101844606
#Bellingen #Gleniffer human #dogs #excrement #pollution
#traffic #river #bellingen #gleniffer #dogs #excrement #pollution
#WindowFriday
#gleniffer
#PhotographyFriday
#photography
#sunsetphotography
Sunset-lit workshop window in beautiful rural nsw over looking so green fields and tree-covered mountains.
@bellingen (testing!)
#windowfriday #gleniffer #photographyfriday #photography #sunsetphotography