Generation restore is collecting seeds to heal the land
Indigenous young people are restoring environment ravaged for generations.

"Generations of land clearing since colonisation has put an ancient ecosystem in southern New South Wales in danger. The ultimate goal is to create an environment suitable for native pines that have been over-harvested. Native trees such as the cypress pine were once prolific in the woodland, but were historically used for homesteads and fencing, which resulted in generations of clearing."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-27/native-seed-harvesting-in-lake-cargelligo/102774546
#GenerationRestoration #ecosystems #NSW #IndigenousPeoples #ColonialLegacies #degradation #Landclearing #grazing #erosion

Growing number of countries consider making ecocide a crime
New laws to criminalise environmental destruction.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/growing-number-of-countries-consider-making-ecocide-crime
#Ecocide #StopEcocide #law #crime #destruction #logging #LandClearing #deforestation #harm #pollution #climate #EcologicalCrisis #biodiversity

"Native forest logging is a travesty in the 21st century."
Labor Environment Action Network spokesperson, Felicity Wade

Labor rejects ban on native forest logging...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/17/alp-national-conference-labor-rejects-push-to-ban-native-forest-logging-as-pm-lambasts-greens-over-housing-bill
#labor #NativeForests #logging #biodiversity #landClearing #ClimateEmergency #NSW #BellingenLogging #SaveTuckersNob

Carbon offset scheme performing badly
“Deep in the Australian outback, there are billions of dollars being made from carbon farming. It's called Human Induced Regeneration (HIR) and while it's Australia's most popular method of carbon farming, it's also controversial."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-18/experts-criticise-carbon-offset-scheme-730/102736696
Land #degradation #pastoralists #overgrazing #LandClearing #pollution #emissions #carbon #offset

NSW Labor accused of ‘fundamental breach of trust’ over logging in promised koala national park

"Tensions are escalating in state forests near Bellingen, where a protesters’ camp is locked in a standoff with a heavy police presence. The government made one single promise – it was going to create the great koala national park – and now it’s gutting it. All communities around are considering it a fundamental breach of trust and reneging on a promise.”

Bellingen is turning into a 'blank spot' on the map, all that has the potential to 'put it on the map' is extracted, eradicated and ruined.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/12/nsw-labor-accused-of-fundamental-breach-of-trust-over-logging-in-promised-koala-national-park
#NSW #MidNorthCoast #Bellingen #Gumbaynggirr #Logging #landClearing #EndangeredHabitats #NewryStateForest #GNKP #koalas #biodiversity #Promises #Legitimacy #Trust #Climate

"The Pastoralists and Graziers Association WA want to see the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act officially withdrawn. The laws require some WA landowners to check for the presence of cultural heritage before conducting any activities that may compromise such sites. Where a risk exists, landowners may need to seek permits or prepare management plans depending on the type of activity and the extent to which the land will be cleared or disturbed."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-04/wa-government-scrap-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-act-/102692282
#Destruction #JuukanGorge #Landclearing #Pastoralists #Graziers #AboriginalHeritage #law

#NSW clearing 640 football fields of land per day, NCC says. The Nature #Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC) has called on the NSW Government to act on its commitment to stop the runaway #landclearing that is decimating NSW bush. #nswpol

https://www.echo.net.au/2023/08/nsw-clearing-640-football-fields-of-land-per-day-ncc-says/

#landclearing #fracking #threat #NT #environment

https://theconversation.com/land-clearing-and-fracking-in-australias-northern-territory-threatens-the-worlds-largest-intact-tropical-savanna-208028?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2030%202023%20-%202668426938&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2030%202023%20-%202668426938+CID_84562630037736807c957aa6615a0925&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Land%20clearing%20and%20fracking%20in%20Australias%20Northern%20Territory%20threatens%20the%20worlds%20largest%20intact%20tropical%20savanna

Waterholes are in danger of filling up with eroded soil from farms. This is putting a big squeeze on life in the river.

https://theconversation.com/soil-erosion-is-filling-vital-inland-river-waterholes-putting-the-squeeze-on-fish-turtles-and-crayfish-207155
#aquatic #wildlife #LandClearing #cattle #erosion #MurrayDarlingBasin

800 houses on the habitat of the Gouldian finch.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/tanya-plibersek-lee-point-defence-housing-project-gouldian-finch/102493770
#LandClearing #Darwin #Birds

"All estimates have #koalas on track to be extinct in the state by 2050, unless there is serious intervention."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/thermal-drones-find-new-koala-colony-in-north-west-nsw/102436102
#Extinction #LandClearing #NSW

"The Northern Territory government is proposing to slash approval times for #LandClearing and #water licences...In that regard, to me, it's situated itself in a deep colonial tradition of furthering the rights of the pastoral industry without properly considering the land on which it's situated and the native title holders”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-24/nt-agribusiness-strategy-2030-crops-land-clearing-cotton-gins/102382600#savannas #destruction #cotton #water

A lonely paddock Ficus species hosting on a Eucalyptus stump in SE QLD

#trees #treesofmastodon #australia #ficus #ruralaustralia #landclearing

Bruny Island land clearing unites locals in opposition, as #developer fined #Slaponthewrist #landclearing #queensland

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-13/unapproved-land-clearing-at-bruny-island-dennes-point/101962766

#Landclearing fines often seen as 'cost of doing business', ex-Tasmanian forest regulator claims #globalwarming #tasmania #deforestation

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/land-clearing-in-tasmania-hard-to-quantify-due-to-missing-data/101970900

“Right now, land clearing is skyrocketing in the Northern Territory, spurred in part by the cotton industry's huge expansion plans. #LandClearing is the biggest threat to #biodiversity in Australia, and clearing for #cotton will decimate local #wildlife, impact rivers and add to greenhouse gas emissions."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-13/two-lawsuits-brought-against-nt-station-cotton-growing-trial/101965274

If #Queensland was a country, it would have been the ninth highest forest destroying nation globally in 2019 – just above China. In 2018-19, truly staggering land clearing, mostly by farmers and #cattle graziers, saw around 680,000 hectares of habitat destroyed – more than the preceding 18 years. The latest 2019-20 figures show 85% of all clearing was done to create new pasture.
https://theconversation.com/why-queensland-is-still-ground-zero-for-australian-deforestation-196644
Brazil Indonesia #Australia #meat #SupplyChains #biodiversity #LandClearing

How Europeans were replaced: in each generation, farmers created new villages thirty or forty km beyond the settlement front.
Pioneer #clearing was not continuous: "it was necessary, when arriving at the level of the middle Danube, for humans, plants and [domestic] animals to become accustomed to the climate."
p.44 "Les dix millénaires oubliés qui ont fait l'Histoire" Jean-Paul Demoule, Fayard
#neolithic #agriculture #settlement #farming #neolithic #landClearing #settling #immigration

“Federal senators and environmental groups are calling for an urgent inquiry into land clearing in the Northern Territory, where hundreds of hectares of tropical savanna have been razed – in some cases without a permit.”

Federal senators call for inquiry into land clearing for cotton in Northern Territory https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-12/nt-government-land-clearing-cotton-inquiry/101847612 #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Australia #NorthernTerritory #LandClearing #Cotton

Images suggest land being cleared for #cotton #farming before permits granted #730Report #landclearing

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P4yGWH8uZ7M