Logging The Proposed Great Koala National Park
Logging has accelerated since labor was elected

NSW Government Under Fire For Logging Proposed Great Koala National Park
The NSW government is under fire for logging in the rainforest area that was promised to be turned into the Great Koala National Park, as the iconic Aussie animal is being threatened with extinction by 2050.
8 min video>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fhFY52oKGE
#StopLogging #NativeForests #NewryStateForest #SaveTuckersNob #NSWLogging #CulturalHeritage #koalas #biodiversity #extinction makers

‘Back the chainsaws’: Albo slammed amid calls to end decades-long ‘damaging’ forest logging

“Over 90 per cent of native forest that is logged in NSW is pulped and sent overseas to be used in woodchips and cardboard.”

“The NSW government has been covering the losses of the native forest logging industry for nearly a decade. It is not a profitable industry; in the past two years alone, $29 million of taxpayer money was spent subsidising native forest logging".

"...The NSW government's audit office found FCNSW did not consistently monitor compliance of its contractors or assess risks."

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/back-the-chainsaws-albo-slammed-amid-calls-to-end-decadeslong-damaging-forest-logging/news-story/0add77f23b869ae6edfe91dba712581a
#FCNSW #StateForests #LoggingIndustry #subsidies #NSW #compliance #outsource #risks #WorthMoreStanding #BellingenLogging #NewryStateForest #NativeForests #SaveTuckersNob #biodiversity #climate

Australia’s environment must be given legal priority over land-clearing and logging to survive, Ken Henry

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/25/dr-ken-henry-environment-land-clearing-logging
#logging #NativeForest #StopLogging #NSW #BellingenLogging #NewryStateForest #TuckersNobStateForest #biodiversity #climate

Calls for nationwide end to native logging
Landline | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MQWQd0nKTg
#NativeForest #logging #StopLogging #NewryStateForest #NSWLogging #SaveTuckersNob #biodiversity #climate #extinction #fightback #protests

Logging suspension in Newry State Forest extended in Land and Environment Court

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/newry-state-forest-logging-suspension-extended/102774784
#NSW #NSWLogging #GumbaynggirrLand #NewryStateForest

Half of species under threat in NSW are on course to become extinct in next 100 years

Stop Logging and land clearing!

The review "found n a t i v e f o r e s t l o g g i n g was damaging f o r e s t e c o s y s t e m s and the habitat of native species and was scathing of the state’s offset scheme."

"Laws meant to protect the environment in New South Wales are failing and unlikely to ever succeed unless substantially changed, according to a scathing review that warns half of the species under threat in the state are on course to become extinct within the next 100 years."

"The independent review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act, released on Thursday, makes 58 recommendations to overhaul nature protections in the state and commit the government to preserving the environment for future generations."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/24/nsw-environment-protection-laws-unlikely-to-succeed-without-major-overhaul-damning-review-finds
#Biodiversity #Conservation #NSW #law #koalas #GKNP #BellingenLogging #NativeForest #Logging #NewryStateForest #StopLogging #TuckersNobSF #SaveTuckersNob #climate

When they came and took the forest away... there was a civil uprising.
Pt.2
Cherán. 5 years of self-government in an indigenous community in Mexico
"Ordinary people decided to confront the criminal organizations that came down from the hill with several vans loaded with wood. That was the beginning. Its experience has inspired indigenous communities throughout Mexico, who seek respect for their rights, territory, institutions and culture."
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/cher-n-5-years-of-self-government-in-indi/

Images: Confronting the cartel: Ritual Inhabitual depict a community’s fightback against corruption in Mexico
https://www.1854.photography/2023/07/ritual-inhabitual-ones-to-watch/

Can satellite imagery fight illegal logging in Mexico?
Between 2006 and 2012, researchers estimate that about 70 percent of Cheran’s forests were ravaged by organised criminals as locals staged protests to denounce police inaction.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/26/can-satellite-imagery-fight-illegal-logging-in-mexico

#Forests #biodiversity #trees #water #Cherán #IndigenousPeoples #uprising
#Logging #violence #trucks #cartels #corruption #IndigenousSelfRule #SelfDetermination #DecisionMaking #SocialMedia #protests #democracy #activism #resistance #PoliticalParticipation #fightback
#NewryStateForest #NSWLogging #Gumbaynggirr

Native forest logging in court
Support Gymbaynggirr elders in court fighting logging in Newry SF. The Gymbaynggirr elders who are fighting logging of sacred mens space in Newry State Forests at mid north coast.
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/rally-gymbaynggirr-elders-court-fighting-logging-newry-sf
#NewryStateForest #GumbaynggirrLand #StopLogging #NSW #Sydney

Legal action to protect Aboriginal cultural sites leads to temporary logging halt in Newry State Forest

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/newry-state-forest-logging-temporarily-halted-legal-action/102759520
#NewryStateForest #IndigenousKnowledge #NSWLogging

Logging the Mid North Coast of NSW in the midst of a biodiversity and climate crisis

The Forestry Corporation is planning to log native forests of Bellingen. This 'panic logging' within the proposed Great Koala National Park. The broad-scale clear-felling will endanger the koala and all of bio-diverse more-than-human systems. It will heat up the climate and increase the fire risks.
The many logging trucks and heavy fossil fuel machinery will be a hazard for all of Bellingen and the surrounding areas. Noise, dust and pollution will lessen all of our lives.
There was no consultation process with affected 'stakeholders' or the people of Bellingen. This is undemocratic.

Friends of Tucker’s Nob:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/250189120465227/
https://twitter.com/BelloActivists
https://www.facebook.com/BellingenEnvironmentCentre/

#Bellingen #NSW #logging #BellingenLogging #FossilFuel #pollution #BiodiversityLoss #GKNP #degradation #FossilFuel #pollution #BiodiversityLoss #GKNP #degradation #NewryStateForest #SaveTuckersNob

Clearcut logging is associated with more frequent extreme flooding, as well as more frequent floods of any size, according to new UBC research.

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-clearcut-frequent-extreme.html
#logging #ClearFelling #extreme #floods #EndNativeForestLogging #ProtectNativeForests #GNKP #NewryStateForest #TuckersNobSF #BellingenLogging #ForestsAreHome #Koala #biodiversity #habitat #NSW

Newry State forest - Anti-logging protest enters second week
Anti-logging protesters near Coffs Harbour, on the New South Wales north coast, say an area being logged in the Newry State forest contains sacred sites and endangered species.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/anti-logging-protest-enters-second-week/g6o6mcn7l

'It's killing our songlines' - traditional owners protest against logging
Podcast & transcipt
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/its-killing-our-songlines-traditional-owners-protest-against-logging/4p2pwob17
#Logging #biodiversity #Gumbaynggirr #FirstNationspeople #CoffsHarbour #NewryStateForest #SacredSites #EndangeredSpecies #koalas

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

Anti logging posters seen in Bellingen
Eradicate #biodiversity, create fire risks and heat up the climate.
Put #Bellingen on the map as a big quarry.
#NewryStateForest #GKNP #logging

The New South Wales Government has ranked last out of every state and federal government in combating deforestation.

"Approved plans for forestry operations at Newry State Forest were made active last week. Newry State Forest holds cultural importance to the Gumbaynggirr people."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-03/wwf-ranks-nsw-government-last-australia-combating-deforestation/102683524
#climate #logging #NSW #CoffsHarbour #NewryStateForest #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #Gumbaynggirr #climate #biodiversity

Forestry Corp taking a wrecking ball to Gumbaynggirr culture and the Great Koala National Park

"The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the states leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today condemned targeted and intensive logging of forests within the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP) by Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW)."

"Newry State Forest on the Mid-North Coast (10km west of Urunga) is the most recent target of these operations inside the proposed GKNP...31,000 hectares of forest are currently slated for logging within the boundaries of the proposed GKNP over the next 12 months. This represents nearly 18 per cent of the entire area proposed for gazettal to form the GKNP.”

https://www.nature.org.au/forestry_corp_taking_wrecking_ball_to_gumbaynggirr_culture_gknp
#GKNP #Gumbaynggirr #SacredSites #NewryStateForest #logging #climate #biodiversity #conservation

Gumbaynggirr Elders physically removed from Sacred Land in Newry State Forest

"These industrial logging operations destroy our water security, make our globally significant forest fauna extinct, destroy important public assets and carbon stores and endanger lives and properties by causing much more intense and frequent bushfires."
"Our land is being destroyed at this time by logging. The Newry State Forest holds our Nunguu Miirlarl, our sacred mens place and is home to many endangered animals, particularly our Koalas and our possum glider. We need to protect our totems. We need to protect Gumbaynggirr Culture. The NSW government promised a Great Koala National Park yet they (NSW Forestry Corporation) continue to log huge areas of Koala Habitat. We need take a strong stand and say no. This Logging must stop."

https://nit.com.au/31-07-2023/7001/elders-physically-removed-from-sacred-land
#Gumbaynggirr #Country #NewryStateForest #logging #GKNP #biodiversity