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BellingenNSW

Serious harm caused by four-by-fours on beaches

"Calls grow for total 4WD ban on Australian beaches over 'serious and widespread damage'...The turtle "hatchlings have to cross the deep 4WD tracks to reach the ocean [and] the tracks, created ... on the beach close to the dunes at high tide, are 25cm deep and 25cm wide."
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au.news.yahoo.com/calls-grow-f
#vehicles #harm #Biodiversity ##wildlife #turtles #beaches #SUVs

Yahoo News · Calls grow for total 4WD ban on Australian beaches over 'serious and widespread damage'By Joe Attanasio
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Manly Blog

Stressed Norfolk pines at beach car parks
to be woodchipped

"Norfolk pines were planted after much of the Gold Coast region was cleared of its original tree cover and many were now in difficult growth areas like car parks and other paved areas. Have a look the trees that are next to car parks; they look worse than those that are in stands [groups]...Maybe the best way is to completely avoid roads and car parks." >>
“abc.net.au/news/2025-03-21/nor
#trees #cars #carparks #harm #ImperviousSurfaces

ABC News · One in five Gold Coast Norfolk pines assessed so far to be destroyed in wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone AlfredBy Nicholas McElroy
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NSW.Biodiversity

The wombat outcry :
An (illegal) selfie with wildlife
vs systematic wildlife destruction and wilful neglect

"The irony of our country’s leaders condemning the actions of a young tourist’s treatment of a wombat while shamelessly sanctioning their slaughter is impossible to overlook...Kangaroos, native birds, possums, black swans and emus are just a few of the many native animals that landholders are granted licences to kill under the ATCW list."

"Our leaders have a lot to answer for and must confront the uncomfortable truth of their own involvement in wildlife destruction. They can no longer ignore the role they play in enabling the harm of native animals while lecturing others on respect for wildlife."
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theguardian.com/commentisfree/
#biodiversity #WildlifeCrime #Australia #culture #EPBCAct #ecocide #governance #roadkill #deforestation #logging #harm

The Guardian · Attacking a young tourist over her treatment of a wombat is hypocritical – and misses the pointBy Guardian staff reporter
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BellingenNSW

"Digging dams in sensitive environments"

"A commercial farming company (Green Leaf Australia Group) and one of its directors have together been fined close to $300,000, for constructing and using dams without approval and impacting a "nationally significant" freshwater wetland in northern New South Wales."

"...The court found that some of the offences involved removing vegetation and clearing land, which caused harm to the environment, including nationally significant freshwater wetlands listed as endangered ecological communities.

"It's not just the environmental harm but also the Aboriginal cultural harm that's occurred though this offending, which Magistrate Scott Nash described as 'reckless and motivated for financial gain,'" Ms Stockley said."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-03-05/300
#wetlands #ecosystems #water #biodiversity #Ramsar #conservation #NSW #MidNorthCoast #ClybuccaAboriginalArea #harm #landclearing #irrigation #FinancialGain #extractivism

ABC News · Green Leaf Australia Group and director fined for illegal dams in wetlandBy Emma Siossian
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Jock Busuttil

PRODUCTHEAD: New tech = new responsibilities

» The negative effects of social media algorithms were an early warning for the consequences of generative AI

» As product managers, we have a duty of care to our users

» The unpredictability of genAI poses varying risks of harm to users depending on the context

#prodmgmt #ethics #generativeAI #harm #responsibilities

📖 Read more: imanageproducts.com/producthea

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BellingenNSW

Humans are making it increasingly difficult for wildlife to live and reproduce.

Sprawl, accelerated fossil fuel mobility via motor engines and roaming introduced canines makes survival for other than humans risky or impossible. The prosthetic apparatuses of 'man' sends its noisy and polluting tentacles into every nook and cranny where bio-diversity still dwells - 24/7.
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theconversation.com/five-ways-
#biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #ecocide #cars #roads #traffic #pets #lawns #machines #pollution #noise #waste #harm #technosphere #HumanDisturbance #extractivism #monoculture #fossilfuels #mowing #deforestation #LoggingImpacts

All fossil fuel stuff
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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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Manly Blog

Ocean dumping - Sydney’s archaic sewerage system

"It is not just human waste that is being pumped into the ocean off Sydney’s popular beaches due to the city’s unusual and archaic sewerage system – government scientists have confirmed billions of microplastics are also polluting the water."

"Khan, who heads the school of engineering at the University of Sydney, said it was “not sustainable” to continue discharging “80% of the sewage produced by 5 million people into the ocean after only primary treatment”.
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#ocean #dumping #plastic #microplastic #pollution #MarineLife #harm #wildlife #Sydney #sewage #beaches #Manly #NorthHead

The Guardian · Sydney’s archaic sewerage system a ‘significant’ source of microplastic pollution into the seaBy Catie McLeod
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