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#nswlogging

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BellingenNSW

"The logging industry is finding ways to get around the so-called ban."

"A loophole in the law banning Victoria's native timber harvesting means logging projects can still go ahead as the state government passes project approval responsibility to local councils."

"How could it be that a local council would have the expertise, the biological and ecological expertise, to approve logging in an area? When you log and regenerate an area of native forest … that same area of forest becomes much more flammable for a prolonged period of time," Professor Lindenmayer said. "I don't think that we should be adding that extra fire burden for rural and regional people to have to deal with."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/tim
#LoggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #bushfire #risks #conservation #biodiversity #wildlife #forests #NSWLogging #BellingenLogging #council

ABC News · Government passes responsibility of approving private native timber logging to councilsBy Tavleen Singh
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NSW.Biodiversity

Why do salmon eaters don’t care about Australian threatened species?

“Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinctions in the world … The only way to protect the hundreds of threatened Australian forest species is to end native forest logging....The Maugean skate is very much at the forefront of the zero extinction target."
theguardian.com/environment/20
#Conservation #extinctions #Biodiversity #laws #Skate #MaugeanSkate #salmon #food #NSWLogging #koalas #OpenNetPens #SeaBased #Fish #farms #pollution

The Guardian · Why does Leonardo DiCaprio care so much about Australian wildlife?By Lisa Cox
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BellingenNSW

Nature–society relations in disaster governance frameworks

"This paper studies how the relations between nature and society are constructed in disaster governance frameworks. Dominant disaster governance frameworks present nature and society as separate realms, and the organisation of society is increasingly seen as the key cause of hazards and disasters. Disaster impacts are similarly framed around adverse societal consequences, while other-than-human nature is merely the background across which disasters unfold, as property lost, or a means of disaster governance. Although the centrality of human impacts is troubled when biodiversity or a disaster flagship species is threatened, neither situation challenges the nature–society dualism embedded in dominant disaster governance frameworks. The attention and resources of disaster governance target the societal side of nature–society dualism. This study finds, though, that in peripheries characterised by remoteness from centres of power, a sparse human population, and large spaces of other-than-human nature, the vulnerabilities facing humans and other-than-human nature risk being ungoverned."
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Meriläinen, E. (2025). Nature–society relations in disaster governance frameworks. Disasters, 49(2), e12678. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu
#disasters #NaturalDisasters #governance #property #tourism #NSW #remoteness #FossilFuels #ClimateBreakdown #acceleration #climate #Bushfires #floods #cyclone #FirstResponders #trauma #nature #biodiversity #forests #NSWLogging #roads #koalas #deforestation #OtherThanHumanNature #NatureSocietyDualism #peripheries #vulnerability

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BellingenNSW

Continuing the trajectory towards extinction...

"Greenpeace chief executive David Ritter said Australia was a global deforestation and extinction hot spot.The declaration of a Great Koala National Park that addresses our deforestation and extinction crises is long overdue."
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canberratimes.com.au/story/890
#BiodiversityCrisis #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #extinction #NSWLogging #FCNSW #Australia #extractivism

SAVE PINE CREEK POSTER, detail
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BellingenNSW

Documentation of the systematic destruction of Tuckers Nob forests

"Presentation for Friends of Tuckers Nob on the history and significance of Tuckers Nob State Forest and why it must be included in the NSW Government's proposed 'Great' Koala National Park. Based on a recent preliminary report submitted to government, showing the original forest and koala sightings, with a list of moratorium areas (including Tuckers). All the most recent developments, bringing the viewer up to date. This is why we need a #GreaterKoalaPark, with no logging."

The video has a link to the report containing the results (maps) of the investigations by Dr Tim Cadman and local community-based citizen scientists:
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youtube.com/watch?v=tKZvVjG_XvM
#ResourceFrontiers #extractivism #biodiversity #ecocide #koalas #NativeForests #rainforest #BellingenLogging #clearfelling #NSWLogging #Bellingen #community #trauma #harm #moratorium #FCNSW #plantation #conversion #annexation #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #SaveTuckersNob #bushfire #risk

YouTubeTuckers Nob Info Night 17 Feb 25By Tim Cadman
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BellingenNSW

Logging the great koala national park

"Before the next election round lets make sure The Great Koala National Park is secured. Its the last chance for the survival of our Koala population on the Eastern Seaboard of Australia."
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youtube.com/watch?v=uE7NQbRGZ2U
#biodiversity #FCNSW #NSWLogging #governance #harm #destruction #pinecreek #SaveTuckersNob #wildlife #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #LoggingImpacts

YouTubeAct Now because Koalas can't ScreamBy MJ's How To Save A Forest
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BellingenNSW

Human-mediated extirpation of wildlife through logging

"Before industrial logging in south-west British Columbia, there were nearly 1,000 spotted owls in the old-growth forests. But they have vanished in recent decades, victims of habitat destruction. Activists have tried in vain to hold the government to account, alleging protected species laws have failed to prevent the extirpation of the owls."

"Efforts to revive the population have failed, with a pair of owls released from the breeding program dying within months. The lone female in the wild is also believed to have died."
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theguardian.com/world/2025/feb

What happened to the Northern Spotted Owl? >>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern
#LoggingImpacts #harm #birds #biodiversity #NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #Wildlife #habitat #destruction #degradation #extirpation #NSWLogging #SaveTuckersNob #koalas #BellingenLogging #SettlerSociety #governance #ecocide

The Guardian · Love rats: Canadians get chance to feed rodents named after old flames to owlsBy Leyland Cecco
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BellingenNSW

138,000+ hectares of koala habitat bulldozed as Albanese fails on new nature laws

"New analysis shows that despite the Albanese government committing to no new extinctions, 138,617 hectares of koala habitat was bulldozed in just one year in Queensland. This forest was bulldozed under the current, weak federal nature laws, leaving the loopholes wide open for further clearing, putting the koala on a fast track to extinction."
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queenslandconservation.org.au/
#NaturePositive #laws #koalas #extinction #NSWLogging #Queensland #biodiversity #destruction

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BellingenNSW

Australian nature: if our laws don’t radically change, environmental degradation will continue

"This country has a long history of taking its unique wildlife and landscapes for granted – but what has happened in this term of parliament is remarkable."

"As Australia struggles to pass strong environmental laws, native wildlife pays the price, with habitat disappearing at an astonishing rate here is something significant missing from most of the political and media discussion about the Australian government’s promised, and now abandoned, nature protection laws: the environment.Logically, it should be a focus of the debate. In practice, it barely gets a look-in."
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theguardian.com/environment/co
#biodiversity #wildlife #ecosystem #conservation #extinction #destruction 236 #extrativism #NSWLogging #NaturePositive #NatureNegative

The Guardian · Australian nature: if our laws don’t radically change, environmental degradation will continueBy Adam Morton
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BellingenNSW

Koala interactions, affection between young male koalas

"Three males engaging in unexpected “affiliative” behaviours. They were grooming each other, sniffing each other’s genitals and vocalising to each other in soft, high-pitched calls, similar to the sounds baby koalas make... High density means the home ranges of koalas are more likely to overlap and their interactions will be more frequent. It also means competition for food, space and mates can be especially high. " >>
theconversation.com/i-was-shoc

"The species was almost hunted to extinction...They used to skin them alive and put them back up the tree with no fur." >>
abc.net.au/news/2017-08-30/kil
#koalas #marsupials #mammals #behaviour #SoundEcology #HabitatGrab #destruction #NSWLogging #roadkill #dogattacks #roads

The Conversation‘I was shocked’: a scientist tracking koalas films startling behaviour between young malesEveryone thought koalas were solitary creatures. But a new paper reveals there is more to the social lives of koalas than previously thought.
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BellingenNSW

A federal nature watchdog and broken environment laws
Plibersek praised nature positive deal with Pocock and Greens as ‘critical’ before PM scrapped it, documents reveal

"Pushing the EPA off the agenda risks alienating pro-environment Labor MPs and grassroots members, who have spent years campaigning for a federal nature watchdog. The EPA forms part of Labor’s nature positive plan to overhaul federal environment protection laws."
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theguardian.com/australia-news

WA premier warns east coast latte sippers over ‘nature positive’ laws >>
afr.com/politics/federal/wa-pr
#NaturePositive #EPA #watchdog #EnvironmentLaws #NatureNegative #mining #lobby #extractivism #SubimperialEnforcer #NSWLogging #conservation #laws

The Guardian · Plibersek praised nature positive deal with Pocock and Greens as ‘critical’ before PM scrapped it, documents revealBy Dan Jervis-Bardy
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BellingenNSW

Australia's extinction projects

"Almost 26,000 hectares of threatened species habitat was approved for destruction in 2024, including more than 3,000 hectares of koala habitat."

"More than 3,000 hectares of koala habitat is set to be razed, including in excess of 1,400 hectares to clear the path for one section of the inland rail project through New South Wales."

“We need these strong new nature laws to make sure that the impacts of projects on nature are being properly assessed...[If the laws don’t pass] the status quo will continue and Australia’s extinction crisis will only get worse."
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#extinction #biodiversity #NSWLogging #NSW #koalas #destruction #governance #Australia #laws #extractivism

The Guardian · Almost 26,000 hectares of threatened species habitat approved for clearing under Labor in 2024, new report findsBy Dan Jervis-Bardy
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BellingenNSW

The Greens are calling for a moratorium on clearing koala habitat and an end to native forest logging.
"You can’t save koalas while continuing to destroy their homes."

"At a rally in Coffs Harbour today, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said the Greens would put the environment at the top of the federal election campaign agenda and in any power-sharing parliament. The NSW government promised to protect this precious koala habitat as a national park, yet destruction from logging has only increased."
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#koalas #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark

the Guardian · Australia news live: four killed in two-car collision near Perth airport; Greens call for moratorium on clearing koala habitatFollow live
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BellingenNSW

Mix logging, high rainfall puddles from giant machinery,
get potentially life-threatening mosquito-borne diseases.
(Murray Valley encephalitis , Ross River viruses and Japanese encephalitis) >>
theconversation.com/mozzies-ma

Malaria moves in behind the loggers >>
theguardian.com/world/2007/oct
#NSW #mosquitoes #encephalitis #deforestation #LoggingImpacts #roads #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #FCNSW #harm #pathogens #encephalitis #OneHealth #LandUseChanges

The ConversationMozzies may be carrying Japanese encephalitis this summer. Here’s what to know if you’re spending time outdoorsHealth authorities in Victoria and NSW are warning of an increased risk of potentially life threatening mosquito-borne disease. What can you do to protect yourself and your family?
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BellingenNSW

Logging in forest earmarked for koala national park increasing under NSW Labor, analysis finds
“Far from protecting the great koala national park, they are accelerating its degradation."

"Logging of native forest in the proposed great koala national park (GKNP) in northern New South Wales has intensified since the Minns government took office, according to new analysis by conservation advocates."

The report, which the state’s forestry corporation disputes, found 7,185 hectares (17,700 acres) were logged within the promised park in the 21 months since the March 2023 state election. Dailan Pugh, the president of the North East Forest Alliance, said this was about 8.4% of the area identified for potential logging and included habitat for endangered koalas and another 37 threatened species....They’re still logging areas they’ve identified as high density for koalas,” Pugh said."
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #degradation #NSWLogging #FCNSW #BellingenLogging #SaveTuckersNob #koalas #gliders #biodiversity #governance #StopLoggingKoalaHabitat

The Guardian · Logging in forest earmarked for koala national park increasing under NSW Labor, analysis findsBy Lisa Cox
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BellingenNSW

Koala hotspot 'discovered'

Thermal drones found one of the state's highest density koala populations.
"If each landowner does one small project … all of these projects add up into something really worthwhile."

Koalas face extinction in New South Wales within the next 25 years.

Bellingen accelerates the demise of the species by
Logging and clear felling the marsupials' habitat.
Encouraging speeding combustion engines by increasing and widening roads.
Road and pet density set up koalas for injuries and death.
Many cattle properties avoid trees to make "the land yield results".
The five acre hobby kingdoms are mostly manicure lawns and exotic flora and fauna.
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abc.net.au/news/2025-01-12/koa

Road and dog density contribute to the extinction of koalas >>
mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1137801
#koalas #cattle #Taree #NSW #MidNorthCoast #LandOwners #Bellingen #NSWLogging #FCNSW #extinction #dogs #MobilityDesign #roads #GlenifferRoad

ABC News · Koala hotspot discovered around Bootawa Dam near Taree, NSWBy Emma Siossian
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