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  1. Beware of Drop Bears Signage - 'Slow Down, Koalas on Road'. Stay safe, social media folk. Meta-marsupials are on the move, footloose, and fancy free. #koalas #dropbears

  2. Great Koala National Park 'dependent' on carbon offsets, but taxpayers will pay 95% of cost

    "The NSW Government says the Great Koala National Park is “dependent” on money from carbon offsets. Media headlines suggests the offsets are “worth hundreds of millions of dollars”."

    "...Over the long term, taxpayers will pay for 95% of the costs of the Great Koala National Park, while carbon offsets will pay for about 5%. Yet the public is told that it is the carbon offsets that are providing the “real money”, the park “depends” on the offsets."

    "Native forests should be protected because of their ecological, environmental and social value. Not because polluters are prepared to throw in some small change." >>
    thepoint.com.au/opinions/26090
    #FossilFuels #pollution #Biodiversity #offsets #con #tax #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NationalParks #wildlife #koalas

  3. Great Koala National Park 'dependent' on carbon offsets, but taxpayers will pay 95% of cost

    "The NSW Government says the Great Koala National Park is “dependent” on money from carbon offsets. Media headlines suggests the offsets are “worth hundreds of millions of dollars”."

    "...Over the long term, taxpayers will pay for 95% of the costs of the Great Koala National Park, while carbon offsets will pay for about 5%. Yet the public is told that it is the carbon offsets that are providing the “real money”, the park “depends” on the offsets."

    "Native forests should be protected because of their ecological, environmental and social value. Not because polluters are prepared to throw in some small change." >>
    thepoint.com.au/opinions/26090
    #FossilFuels #pollution #Biodiversity #offsets #con #tax #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NationalParks #wildlife #koalas

  4. Great Koala National Park 'dependent' on carbon offsets, but taxpayers will pay 95% of cost

    "The NSW Government says the Great Koala National Park is “dependent” on money from carbon offsets. Media headlines suggests the offsets are “worth hundreds of millions of dollars”."

    "...Over the long term, taxpayers will pay for 95% of the costs of the Great Koala National Park, while carbon offsets will pay for about 5%. Yet the public is told that it is the carbon offsets that are providing the “real money”, the park “depends” on the offsets."

    "Native forests should be protected because of their ecological, environmental and social value. Not because polluters are prepared to throw in some small change." >>
    thepoint.com.au/opinions/26090
    #FossilFuels #pollution #Biodiversity #offsets #con #tax #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NationalParks #wildlife #koalas

  5. Great Koala National Park 'dependent' on carbon offsets, but taxpayers will pay 95% of cost

    "The NSW Government says the Great Koala National Park is “dependent” on money from carbon offsets. Media headlines suggests the offsets are “worth hundreds of millions of dollars”."

    "...Over the long term, taxpayers will pay for 95% of the costs of the Great Koala National Park, while carbon offsets will pay for about 5%. Yet the public is told that it is the carbon offsets that are providing the “real money”, the park “depends” on the offsets."

    "Native forests should be protected because of their ecological, environmental and social value. Not because polluters are prepared to throw in some small change." >>
    thepoint.com.au/opinions/26090
    #FossilFuels #pollution #Biodiversity #offsets #con #tax #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NationalParks #wildlife #koalas

  6. Great Koala National Park 'dependent' on carbon offsets, but taxpayers will pay 95% of cost

    "The NSW Government says the Great Koala National Park is “dependent” on money from carbon offsets. Media headlines suggests the offsets are “worth hundreds of millions of dollars”."

    "...Over the long term, taxpayers will pay for 95% of the costs of the Great Koala National Park, while carbon offsets will pay for about 5%. Yet the public is told that it is the carbon offsets that are providing the “real money”, the park “depends” on the offsets."

    "Native forests should be protected because of their ecological, environmental and social value. Not because polluters are prepared to throw in some small change." >>
    thepoint.com.au/opinions/26090
    #FossilFuels #pollution #Biodiversity #offsets #con #tax #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NationalParks #wildlife #koalas

  7. Logging the Promised Land, Bellingen/ Gleniffer

    Promised Land Forest! Tuckers Nob, 250 ha, 130ha clearfall, 120 ha thinning.

    Stakeholder Consultation - Remnant Forest Protection & Tuckers Nob Forestry Operations Compartments 8, 10, 11, 12, 17 18 >>
    surveymonkey.com/r/TuckersRemn

    How NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
    youtube.com/watch?v=4wY9HzWwEvs

    Unfortunately most residents and Friends groups use (closed) proprietary social media platforms, owned by the parent company of Meta Platforms
    #SaveTuckersNob #FriendsOfTuckersNob #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #loggingIndustry #loggingIndustry #loggingImpacts #biodiversity #remnants #wildlife #koalas #harm #Gleniffer #Bellingen #PromisedLand #NSW #MIdNorthCoast #SaveChristmasHoles

  8. Logging the Promised Land, Bellingen/ Gleniffer

    Promised Land Forest! Tuckers Nob, 250 ha, 130ha clearfall, 120 ha thinning.

    Stakeholder Consultation - Remnant Forest Protection & Tuckers Nob Forestry Operations Compartments 8, 10, 11, 12, 17 18 >>
    surveymonkey.com/r/TuckersRemn

    How NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
    youtube.com/watch?v=4wY9HzWwEvs

    Unfortunately most residents and Friends groups use (closed) proprietary social media platforms, owned by the parent company of Meta Platforms
    #SaveTuckersNob #FriendsOfTuckersNob #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #loggingIndustry #loggingIndustry #loggingImpacts #biodiversity #remnants #wildlife #koalas #harm #Gleniffer #Bellingen #PromisedLand #NSW #MIdNorthCoast #SaveChristmasHoles

  9. Logging the Promised Land, Bellingen/ Gleniffer

    Promised Land Forest! Tuckers Nob, 250 ha, 130ha clearfall, 120 ha thinning.

    Stakeholder Consultation - Remnant Forest Protection & Tuckers Nob Forestry Operations Compartments 8, 10, 11, 12, 17 18 >>
    surveymonkey.com/r/TuckersRemn

    How NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
    youtube.com/watch?v=4wY9HzWwEvs

    Unfortunately most residents and Friends groups use (closed) proprietary social media platforms, owned by the parent company of Meta Platforms
    #SaveTuckersNob #FriendsOfTuckersNob #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #loggingIndustry #loggingIndustry #loggingImpacts #biodiversity #remnants #wildlife #koalas #harm #Gleniffer #Bellingen #PromisedLand #NSW #MIdNorthCoast #SaveChristmasHoles

  10. Logging the Promised Land, Bellingen/ Gleniffer

    Promised Land Forest! Tuckers Nob, 250 ha, 130ha clearfall, 120 ha thinning.

    Stakeholder Consultation - Remnant Forest Protection & Tuckers Nob Forestry Operations Compartments 8, 10, 11, 12, 17 18 >>
    surveymonkey.com/r/TuckersRemn

    How NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
    youtube.com/watch?v=4wY9HzWwEvs

    Unfortunately most residents and Friends groups use (closed) proprietary social media platforms, owned by the parent company of Meta Platforms
    #SaveTuckersNob #FriendsOfTuckersNob #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #loggingIndustry #loggingIndustry #loggingImpacts #biodiversity #remnants #wildlife #koalas #harm #Gleniffer #Bellingen #PromisedLand #NSW #MIdNorthCoast #SaveChristmasHoles

  11. Logging the Promised Land, Bellingen/ Gleniffer

    Promised Land Forest! Tuckers Nob, 250 ha, 130ha clearfall, 120 ha thinning.

    Stakeholder Consultation - Remnant Forest Protection & Tuckers Nob Forestry Operations Compartments 8, 10, 11, 12, 17 18 >>
    surveymonkey.com/r/TuckersRemn

    How NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
    youtube.com/watch?v=4wY9HzWwEvs

    Unfortunately most residents and Friends groups use (closed) proprietary social media platforms, owned by the parent company of Meta Platforms
    #SaveTuckersNob #FriendsOfTuckersNob #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #loggingIndustry #loggingIndustry #loggingImpacts #biodiversity #remnants #wildlife #koalas #harm #Gleniffer #Bellingen #PromisedLand #NSW #MIdNorthCoast #SaveChristmasHoles

  12. Koalas at risk of death once seven-day temperatures rise beyond 27C
    Nutritional and climate refugia for koalas

    "Extreme heat is a major factor in the number of deaths and hospitalisations of Australians every year....An analysis of 11,862 koala rescue admissions to NSW animal hospitals found the marsupials were more likely to die when the seven-day average maximum temperature was greater than 27 degrees Celsius."

    "Dr Mella said water stations could be left out as well as shade structures built for koalas in hot regions like north-west NSW. We do that for cattle and we do that for animals that we use for our needs, so we really should be doing it for wildlife as well."

    When koalas rests low to the ground in the shade trying to beat the heat they are usually chased and injured by dogs and car. >>
    abc.net.au/news/science/2026-0
    #Koalas #refugia #FossilFuels #heatwaves #drought #climate #cars #sprawl #dogs #NSW #MassMortalities #widllife #extinctions #DomesticAnimals #HeatRelatedRisks #biodiversity

  13. Biodiversity under the wheels

    Koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, wombats and other wildlife are forced to dwell in fragmented spaces having to cross many roads to go about their life. Mobility design is primarily for combustion machines to fly along their supply chains. The mobility needs of the un-motorised is not taken care of with the existing infrastructure.

    "Tens of thousands of collisions with animals are recorded each year across Australia and the number appears to be rising. According to NRMA Insurance claims data, there was a 21% rise in animal collision claims from 2024-2025."

    "Many large animals, including kangaroos, are most active at dusk and night, often moving to feed along roadside vegetation. Insurance data shows collisions are concentrated on regional and rural roads, where higher speeds, limited lighting and greater exposure to wildlife increase risk." >>
    theconversation.com/crashes-in
    #biodiversity #wildlife #MobilityDesign #vehicles #roads #speed #RoadTrauma #kangaroos #wallabies #koalas #wombats #birds #crashes

  14. Koala habitat logged by farmers. Will they be charged under the new environment laws?

    "Carte blanche" for bulldozing endangered ecosystems?

    "The Australian Conservation Foundation has identified a dozen cases of land clearing since December that should have sought environmental approval."

    "The ACF has found, via satellite imagery, a dozen cases in Queensland and NSW of old bushland containing endangered habitats being cleared without any of the necessary referrals for approval."

    "The maximum penalty for breaches of the EPBC Act is up to $1.565 million for individuals and up to $15.65 million for corporate breaches." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/epb
    #biodiversity #EPBCAct #LandClearing #farmers #koalas #NativeVegetation #law #EndangeredEcosystems #NSW

  15. A koala unfriendly infrastructure

    "The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton."

    No virtual fencing, no AI sensors, no speed restrictions
    >>
    coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.a

    "Signs are litter on a stick
    Signs are white noise motorists ignore
    Signs are a cheap option"
    >>
    Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
    youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
    #koalas #wildlife #Biodiversity #conservation #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #ExtinctionCrisis #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #MidNorthCoast #ThegreatkoalaNationalPark #Bellingen #Repton #Bonville #Coffs #WildlifeSafety

    Koala signage (litter on a stick) erected and then vandalised by motorists. Bellingen/ Gleniffer

  16. The designated living space for Australian wildlife is the side of the road

    Koala, Vale Perry was injured by a car, rescued, released and run over again on the same road. Slow death in the gutter. (Sorry for FB link)
    facebook.com/groups/7380030545
    #biodiversity #ExtinctionCrisis #koalas #cars #careless #roads #SacrificeZone #WildlifeRescue

  17. Monetising the great koala national park

    "The government estimates the park’s value as a tourism destination will generate an extra $163m for the state’s economy over two decades. The native logging division of NSW Forestry Corporation has run at a loss for several years...The Minns government on Sunday revealed the proposed outlines of the park, fulfilling its 2023 election commitment...A moratorium on logging within its boundaries begins on Monday."
    End native forest logging across NSW. Recognise remnant flora and fauna in 'plantations'.
    >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #biodiversity #wildlife #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #ecosystems #value #nature #commodification #NSWLogging #FailedAssets #FCNSW #StrandedAssets #MidNorthCoast #deforestation #plantations #extractivism #CashCow #ExtinctionCrisis

    Image: Anthropomorphic image of a koala unboxing the cornucopia of a tourist park.

  18. The 'world's watching' koalas getting under Aussie wheels

    They are begging motorists to slow down when driving through known koala habitats, but...

    "Since European colonisation, koala habitat in Australia has been devastated, with approximately 29 million hectares (54 per cent) of forests and woodlands destroyed in NSW alone. Even in recent years, deforestation has continued at an alarming pace...Koalas are facing extinction in NSW by 2050."
    >>
    au.news.yahoo.com/drivers-warn
    #biodiversity #extinction #koalas #marsupials #roads #cars #Roadkill #RoadTrauma #NSW #MidNorthCoast #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #wildlife #deforestation

  19. The koala procreation season and car crashes

    Speeding combustion engines are one of the major threats to unarmoured koalas. No road is ever wide enough for vehicles in the Bellingen/Gleniffer area. Road signage is regularly knocked down and speeding is the 24/7 norm.

    Koalas like to meet up between June and December. This is the time when the marsupials are forced to negotiate a fragmented habitat of roads, settlements and degraded logging sites.

    Switch on your 'car brain' and consider others.
    >>
    friendsofthekoala.org/koalas-a
    #cars #roads #motorists #NSW #biodiversity #koalas #RoadTrauma #Bellingen #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #BellingenShire #SignageKnockedDown #enforcement #MobilityDesign

  20. Koalas face death, attacks and mass starvation from monoculture plantations
    Cost-effective management techniques for Australian wildlife

    "...Displaced animals were sometimes still up in trees that were felled and ended up with broken bones, or were orphaned babies left behind. Others were attacked by cows or dogs."

    "A 2023 study of reported wild koala deaths in south-east Queensland found vehicles were responsible for about half (1,431) of all fatalities."
    >>
    theguardian.com/environment/20
    #biodiversity #wildlife #koalas #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #harm #pets #Livestock #roads #vehicles #RoadTrauma #KillingZones #plantations #monoculture #extractivism #governance #Australia #extinction

  21. Biodiversity under the wheels near Repton

    "ANGELA Wallace is one of many people upset about the number of koalas being killed on local roads....Little has been done to mitigate these deaths, with another koala recently killed near Repton. “No wonder our iconic koala (dunggirr) is endangered with our roads as ‘killing zones’, deforestation [causing a] loss of habitat, and them trying to survive extreme weather events such as fires and floods.”

    "She pointed out that where the koala died, the wildlife fence nearby was thickly overgrown with lantana and a nearby underpass was almost impenetrable due to a mass of lantana."

    If an injured, sick or orphaned native animal is found, WIRES can be contacted on 1300 094 737.
    >>
    coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.a
    #biodiversity #koalas #roads #highway #signage #KillingZones #cars #speeding #RoadDeath #RoadTrauma #deforestation #weeds #Wildlife #Repton #Bonville #fencing #BongilBongil #governance #NSW #NSWKillingKoalas #thylacines

  22. Protecting Australia's unique ecosystems or extractivism as usual ?

    "With one of the highest rates of extinction in the world and more than 7.7 million hectares of threatened species habitat destroyed since 2000, Australia is considered by many to be in a biodiversity crisis...The agenda is entirely geared towards fast-tracking development."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/science/2025-0
    #BiodiversityCrisis #EPBCAct #Biodiversity #ecosystems #conservation #NaturePositive #NatureNegative #EnvironmentalLaws #FossilFuels #koalas #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #governance #failure #extractivism

  23. 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."
    >>
    queenslandconservation.org.au/
    #NaturePositive #laws #koalas #extinction #NSWLogging #Queensland #biodiversity #destruction

  24. The land cleared was rich in biodiversity...
    now stripped bare of native vegetation

    "Landowner who ignored orders to stop clearing 200-year-old trees on NSW native bush property fined $125,000. The illegal land clearing of an area high in biodiversity took place despite two formal warnings. The landowner was twice instructed to stop clearing."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/lan

    "The trees cleared included food tree species for the endangered koala, and habitat for the vulnerable gang gang cockatoo and yellow-bellied glider."
    >>
    environment.nsw.gov.au/news/hi

    #NSW #biodiversity #destruction #StrippedBare #LandClearing #law #crime #LandOwners #koalas #gliders #NativeVegetation #extinction makers

  25. Documenting 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".
    watoday.com.au/environment/con

    Breach Watch website
    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
    assets.nationbuilder.com/natur

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

  26. ‘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>

    smh.com.au/environment/conserv
    #GreatKoalaNationalPark #GNKP #Gondwana #rainforest #botany #So50s #LoggingIndustry #MidNorthCoast #NSW #BellingenLogging #SaveTuckersNob #pillage #Moonpar #Boambee #Orara #koalas #biodiversity #climate #StopLogging

  27. Koalas Need Trees - #SaveTuckersNob
    Koalas are in serious decline suffering from the effects of habitat destruction, domestic dog attacks, bushfires and road crashes.

    "Koalas are forecast to be e x t i n c t i n N S W b e f o r e 2 0 5 0 unless we act quickly.
    Cutting down trees for urban development, logging and agriculture is destroying koala habitat and threatens their existence — yet the government is failing to protect koala habitat."

    First koala growling heard this season in the Tuckers Nob state forest region. In a few days they are planning to destroy the endangered marsupials' habitat.

    nature.org.au/koalas_need_tree
    #Bellingen #GNKP #logging #BellingenLogging #SaveTuckersNob #GKNP #koalas #biodiversity #extinction makers

  28. 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 had the potential to 'put it on the map' is extracted, eradicated and ruined.

    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #NSW #MidNorthCoast #Bellingen #Gumbaynggirr #Logging #landClearing #EndangeredHabitats #NewryStateForest #GNKP #koalas #biodiversity #Promises #Legitimacy #Trust #Climate