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Destruction of Australia's National Icon - the Koala
On September 11, 2023, the Australian Government plans to strike at the very heart of our Nation – the rich koala habitat at the core of the proposed Great Koala National Park.
https://www.change.org/p/destruction-of-australia-s-national-icon-the-koala?source_location=search
#StopLogging #NativeForests #NSW #MidNorthCoast #BellingenLogging #biodiversity #GreatKoalaNationalPark #Koalas #petition #SaveTuckersNob

Would you pulp their home and send it overseas?

Image: Image #Bellingen Activist Network, poster
#StopLogging #NativeForests #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #biodiversity

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

The "smash-and-grab operations" in the Great Koala National Park

"One of the reasons the Victorian industry was eventually closed was because citizen scientists proved the state loggers were not properly protecting greater gliders. The failures cost VicForests millions of dollars in fines and access to forests it needed".

"As the legal challenges wind their way through the courts, the NCC is about to ramp up the pressure by announcing the creation of B r e a c h w a t c h , a network of volunteers trained and equipped to monitor, record and report evidence of Forestry Corp breaches".
https://www.watoday.com.au/environment/conservation/minds-were-blown-these-scientists-were-stunned-at-what-s-happening-on-the-nsw-north-coast-20230831-p5e11w.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other

Breach Watch website
https://www.breachwatch.org.au/
You can help identify threatened species and expose planned illegal logging

Identify a forest scheduled for logging
A citizen science project to protect forests, Nature Conservation Council
https://assets.nationbuilder.com/natureorg/pages/4186/attachments/original/1693443382/BREACH_WATCH_HANDBOOK-FINAL-2.pdf?1693443382

#StopLogging #NativeForests #NSW #FCNSW #BellingenLogging #SmashAndGrab #sousveillance #breachwatch #SaveTuckersNob #GreatKoalaNationalPark #GNKP #koalas #climate #biodiversity

‘Minds were blown’: These scientists were stunned at what’s happening on the NSW North Coast

“This means Forestry Corporation NSW plans to log three times more compartments of state forest within the proposed Great Koala National Park over the next year than they did over the last two years combined"

“It is spectacular. All the variants of this Gondwana rainforest – cool and warm, temperate rainforest and also the subtropical rainforest – is something that is so unique globally that you wouldn’t find it in this particular combination elsewhere... Professor Helge Bruelheide, professor of botany at the University of Helle in Germany, was stunned by what he has seen exploring the forests in and around the promised Great Koala National Park on the state’s North Coast this week."

“The tempo, the scale, the intensity of logging has all ramped up since labour was elected. It is a pillage. It’s a smash-and-grab operation by a loss-making Crown corporation. They are jamming boiled lollies in their mouth as they bolt down the street,” say Graham, who feels let down by Labor."

"One of the reasons the Victorian industry was eventually closed was because citizen scientists proved the state loggers were not properly protecting greater gliders. The failures cost VicForests millions of dollars in fines and access to forests it needed."

"As the legal challenges wind their way through the courts, the NCC is about to ramp up the pressure by announcing the creation of Breachwatch, a network of volunteers trained and equipped to monitor, record and report evidence of Forestry Corp breaches."
Must read in full>

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/minds-were-blown-these-scientists-were-stunned-at-what-s-happening-on-the-nsw-north-coast-20230831-p5e11w.html
#GreatKoalaNationalPark #GNKP #Gondwana #rainforest #botany #So50s #LoggingIndustry #NSW #BellingenLogging #SaveTuckersNob #pillage #Moonpar #Boambee #Orara #koalas #biodiversity #climate #StopLogging

Senseless killing of endangered gliders highlights the need to S T O P L O G G I N G glider habitat.

The Nature Conservation Council (NCC) of New South Wales provides a toolbox to watch, record and report destruction.

“Everything in this t o o l k i t is entirely legal. It offers concerned citizens with a tangible way they can p r o t e c t t h e f o r e s t s. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be working with groups on the ground to further support people prevent or report breaches illegal logging activity."   

“The strategic use of citizen science was instrumental in the recent decision by the Victorian Government to e n d to native forest l o g g i n g by 2024."
 
T o o l s:
"NCC has been working with local environmentalists and scientists to develop a toolkit to help people from across NSW to monitor, report and stop illegal logging activities." 

"Our Breach Watch website and handbook is designed to support people to survey a forest before it has been logged (both from home and in the field) report future of previous breaches to the EPA. This can lead to measures like ‘exclusion zones’ being implemented to protect critical habitats and species, and fines issues for egregious breached in logging conditions."  
https://www.nature.org.au/senseless_killing_of_endangered_gliders_highlights_the_need_to_stop_logging_glider_habitat

Tool Box:
Breach Watch website 
https://www.breachwatch.org.au/

Identify a forest scheduled for logging
https://assets.nationbuilder.com/natureorg/pages/4186/attachments/original/1693443382/BREACH_WATCH_HANDBOOK-FINAL-2.pdf?1693443382
#activism #ToolBox #logging #StopLogging #NSW #NativeForests #biodiversity #ClimateAction

Forestry Corporation's logging operations halted in Tallaganda State Forest, glider found dead
"After discovering a dead endangered marsupial, Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) has been issued a stop-work order in a state-owned forest near Canberra".

"EPA investigators discovered a dead southern greater glider beside a logging area within the Tallaganda State Forest. This habitat is ground zero in the race to save this critically threatened species," she said. WWF conservation scientist Kita Ashman"

Stop logging native forests in a climate and biodiversity emergency!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-31/southern-greater-glider-dead-forestry-corporation-logging-halted/102797160
#FCNSW #logging #StopLogging #StopEcocide #TallagandaSF #EndangeredSpecies #conservation #gliders Extinction makers

NSW forestry agency ordered to stop logging after greater glider found dead

The state-owned New South Wales forestry agency has been ordered to immediately stop logging in parts of a state forest after the Environment Protection Authority found a dead greater glider – an endangered species – nearby.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/30/nsw-forestry-agency-ordered-to-stop-logging-after-greater-glider-found-dead
#TallagandaSF #logging #biodiversity #wildlife #FCNSW #StopLogging

@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

Home of endangered marsupial hit by state-sanctioned logging in NSW, environmentalists say

"Conservationists say Forestry Corporation of NSW logging operation is ‘knocking to pieces’ a forest home to the greater glider..The greater glider is Australia’s largest gliding marsupial. It was listed as endangered in 2022 after losing significant parts of its habitat to bushfire, drought, land-clearing and logging."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/28/home-of-endangered-marsupial-threatened-by-state-sanctioned-logging-in-nsw-environmentalists-say
#NSW #endangered #habitats #species #StopLogging #NativeForest #TallagandaSF #ForestryCorporation #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #ThreatenedSpecies #marsupials #biodiversity

A ‘Paris Agreement for nature?

Sydney will be the host for the first Global N a t u r e P o s i t i v e Summit in early October 2024. It is is concerned with the financialisation of biodiversity ecosystems.

"The “Nature Positive” agenda promotes the financialisation of nature – that there is a monetary value to nature, that this dollar figure could define all that nature means to us, and that we can start trading plots of nature like tokens and feeding into an ecosystem service that only benefits some people, in particular economies. The decision makers for all of this would be the exact same industry players and politicians who are destroying nature for profit now."

“Nature Positive” would be a bag of tricks for them to d i s t r a c t, d e f e r , and o b s c u r e their harm for nature: “destroying your forest is okay, because we’re not destroying someone else’s.” This is not only greenwashing, it is dangerous."
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/57395/what-wrong-nature-positive/

"The Global Biodiversity Framework agreed to by 196 countries at the United Nations biodiversity conference last year was described as the ‘Paris agreement for nature’. It set a target of US$200 billion per year of funding to be spent on nature repair by 2030...The Summit will highlight how clear and consistent rules will enable businesses to invest in and measure projects that repair nature."
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/news/sydney-to-host-worlds-first-global-nature-positive-summit

https://www.themandarin.com.au/228749-nature-repair-policy-will-be-focus-of-major-summit-in-sydney-in-2024/
“Turning the tide like this, from nature destruction to nature repair, will require a mighty global effort, Plibersek said."

#biodiversity #destruction #nature #Sydney #greenwashing #spin #forests #StopLogging #NativeForest #NSW #NaturePositive #EcosystemService #ecosystems #CashCow #biodiversity #BusinessAsUsual

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

Australia is at a turning point
250 years of extinctions and degradation is enough.
Every indicator on the environment is going in the wrong direction.

"The Henry review is the latest in a number reports that have found Australia’s natural environment is in peril. The five-yearly state of the environment released last year found it was in poor and deteriorating health due to pressure from climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, pollution and mining."

"Dr Ken Henry (Chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation) says NSW’s biodiversity laws are failing and must be overhauled to give nature protection primacy over l o g g i n g , mining and urban expansion....Australia’s environment must be given legal priority over land-clearing and logging to survive."

"He made the comments after leading a scathing review of the New South Wales Biodiversity Conservation Act, which said the laws were failing and were likely to never succeed unless they were overhauled to give n a t u r e p r o t e c t i o n primacy over development, logging, mining and urban expansion."

“Legislation that deals with rural lands and rural land-clearing, in particular, [but also] legislation that deals with planning, with f o r e s t r y , with mining – you name it, all of those other acts have p r i m a c y over the biodiversity and conservation act, and they are undermining its effectiveness..That’s the biggest problem."

"On nature, Henry’s recommendations included the creation of “no-go” zones in which land-clearing would be banned and major changes to the state’s biodiversity offset scheme, which was found to be “compromised”."

“Fix the biodiversity offset scheme, strengthen environmental protections and stop runaway land-clearing”.

#IntergenerationalTragedy #Offsetting #climate #Logging #StopLogging #NativeForest #Australia #policy #environment #law #biodiversity #extinction makers

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

The extraction roads they are building around Bellingen (for the last year) could be sourcing the road making materials from the NSW Hunter region which is also a koala habitat. The forests there and here are covered in dust and residents relying on water caught off their roofs are forced to drink polluted water.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/hunter-region-quarry-proposals-spark-environmental-concerns/102730900
#koalas #logging #quarry #StopLogging #NativeForest #BellingenLogging #roads #traffic #dust #pollution #water #Bellingen #WaterTanks #RosesRd #GlenifferRoad #SaveTuckersNob

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

Logging Plan on Yellowstone’s Border Shows Limits of Biden Greenhouse Gas Policy.
Despite new “guidance,” the Forest Service moves to clear-cut mature pines in Montana without a detailed accounting of the cost in carbon emissions. #StopLogging
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07042023/logging-deforestation-custer-gallatin-national-forest/

Australia has some of the most beautiful forests in the world. This gnarly fellow is in the Otway Forest in Victoria #Australia #StopLogging #NativeForests