#koalas — Public Fediverse posts

YOU HAD ONE JOB THE GREENS POLITICAL PARTY! Climate change is destroying life and you exist to save it!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/sep/14/you-had-one-job-the-greens-political-party-climate-change-is-distroying-life-and-you-exist-to-save-it
#biodiversity #FossilFuels #koalas #NSW #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #climateBreakdown

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

Dolphins play with tourists, famous dog fights cancer, neighbors take a cat tour, and a koala and her baby.

Koala severely injured by logging action

"The koala was euthanised on welfare grounds the following day." >>
https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/locals-distressed-by-koala-death-at-pine-creek-state-forest
#koalas #LoggingIndustry #plantations #NSW #MidnorthCoast #mortalities #FCNSW #PineCreek #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #CollateralHarm

Koalas are once again experiencing population declines across Australia.

"Koala numbers crashed across Australia 100,000 years ago. Global glacial cycles are likely to blame." The koala "is now listed as endangered in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. "

"...Recent declines have generated a similar bottleneck over a much shorter time window, due to the historical and continued removal of suitable koala habitat. This is made worse by other threats such as hunting, disease, vehicle strikes, feral dog attacks and bushfires." >>
https://theconversation.com/koala-numbers-crashed-across-australia-100-000-years-ago-global-glacial-cycles-are-likely-to-blame-284558
#biodiversity #wildlife #koalas #habitat #NSW #NSWLogging #sprawl #cars #dogs #pets #RoadKill #FossilFuels #climate

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 >>
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TuckersRemnantsSurvey-Residents

How NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
https://www.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

🐨🍼 Scientists at the University of the #SunshineCoast in #Queensland, #Australia, are milking #koalas to analyze their milk.

They found the liquid contains unique proteins that kill harmful #bacteria and #fungi. The #research helps explain how joeys survive in their mothers’ pouches and offers clues for better koala #conservation.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/koala-milk

#koala #biology #marsupials #mammals #wildlife #science #evolution #zoology #biochemistry #nature #microbiology

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." >>
https://theconversation.com/crashes-involving-animals-spike-in-winter-heres-how-to-avoid-them-281531
#biodiversity #wildlife #MobilityDesign #vehicles #roads #speed #RoadTrauma #kangaroos #wallabies #koalas #wombats #birds #crashes

Koalas - endangered in parts but overabundant in others

"Koalas in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory have been listed as endangered by the Australian government since 2022. In these places, Crowther says, native populations have declined due to land-clearing, habitat fragmentation caused by urban development, disease, and death from vehicle strikes and dog attacks."

"Analysis has shown that nearly 2m hectares of forests suitable for koalas have been destroyed since the marsupial was declared a threatened species in 2011. Most of the clearing – 81% – occurred in Queensland."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/19/australias-koala-paradox-why-is-the-beloved-marsupial-endangered-in-parts-but-overabundant-in-others
#biodiversity #koalas #habitat #sprawl #cars #dogs #climate #NSWLogging #destruction

Man's best friend - First eradicate the Neanderthals, then biodiversity

Humans and their dogs drove our evolutionary cousins Neanderthals to extinction
"Early dogs, bred from wolves, played a critical role in the modern human’s takeover of Europe 40,000 years ago when we vanquished the Neanderthal locals. The Neanderthals, who had lived there for more than 200,000 years. However, within a few thousand years of our arrival, they disappeared...Humans and hunting dogs were, and still are, a deadly combination." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/01/hunting-with-wolves-humans-conquered-the-world-neanderthal-evolution

Man’s best friend may be nature’s worst enemy, study on pet dogs
“Many owners simply don’t realise the environmental damage dogs can cause, from disturbing wildlife to polluting ecosystems." >>
https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-release/mans-best-friend-may-be-natures-worst-enemy-study-on-pet-dogs-finds/

Bad dog? The environmental effects of owned dogs
"The sheer number of dogs contributes to global carbon emissions and land and fresh water use via the pet food industry. " >>
https://www.publish.csiro.au/pc/pdf/PC24071

#dogs #dog #pets #HumanAnimalInteraction #carnivores #DogAttacks #penguins #koalas
#extinction #Biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #water #pollution #faeces #disturbance #zoonoses #PetIndustry #meat #ecosystems #climate #shorebirds #beach #ExtinctionCrisis #Neanderthals #BellingenShire #EcologicalDisturbance #IntroducedSpecies

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."
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/drivers-warned-after-heartbreaking-find-next-to-road-at-aussie-tourist-town-230610115.html
#biodiversity #extinction #koalas #marsupials #roads #cars #Roadkill #RoadTrauma #NSW #MidNorthCoast #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #wildlife #deforestation

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.
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https://friendsofthekoala.org/koalas-and-cars/
#cars #roads #motorists #NSW #biodiversity #koalas #RoadTrauma #Bellingen #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #BellingenShire #SignageKnockedDown #enforcement #MobilityDesign

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."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/11/koalas-face-death-attacks-and-starvation-as-blue-gums-chopped-down-in-victoria
#biodiversity #wildlife #koalas #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #harm #pets #Livestock #roads #vehicles #RoadTrauma #KillingZones #plantations #monoculture #extractivism #governance #Australia #extinction

BREACH WATCH news, The Nature Conservation Council
End Native Forest Logging
A sad state that the community has to check on the government corporation and logging industry...

https://www.nature.org.au/
https://www.breachwatch.org.au/
#NSWLogging #ForestryCorporation #regulation #governance #BreachWatch #destruction #NativeForests #koalas #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency

BREACH WATCH news, The Nature Conservation Council
End Native Forest Logging
A sad state that the community has to check on the government corporation and logging industry...

https://www.nature.org.au/
https://www.breachwatch.org.au/
#NSWLogging #ForestryCorporation #regulation #governance #BreachWatch #destruction #NativeForests #koalas #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency

BREACH WATCH news, The Nature Conservation Council
End Native Forest Logging
A sad state that the community has to check on the government corporation and logging industry...

https://www.nature.org.au/
https://www.breachwatch.org.au/
#NSWLogging #ForestryCorporation #regulation #governance #BreachWatch #destruction #NativeForests #koalas #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency

BREACH WATCH news, The Nature Conservation Council
End Native Forest Logging
A sad state that the community has to check on the government corporation and logging industry...

https://www.nature.org.au/
https://www.breachwatch.org.au/
#NSWLogging #ForestryCorporation #regulation #governance #BreachWatch #destruction #NativeForests #koalas #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency

BREACH WATCH news, The Nature Conservation Council
End Native Forest Logging
A sad state that the community has to check on the government corporation and logging industry...

https://www.nature.org.au/
https://www.breachwatch.org.au/
#NSWLogging #ForestryCorporation #regulation #governance #BreachWatch #destruction #NativeForests #koalas #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Ruling leaves koala populations exposed but door opens to further legal action
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https://www.edo.org.au/2023/11/20/ruling-leaves-koala-populations-exposed-but-door-opens-to-further-legal-action/

North East Forest Alliance laments Land and Environment Court loss, says koalas will suffer
"The Land and Environment Court has rejected an application to stop logging in two bushfire affected forests in north-east NSW."
"This was our last official legal attempt to try and save the koalas. "They're going to take out most of their feed trees."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-20/nefa-court-challenge-nsw-forestry-corporation-dismissed/103127218

#NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #koalas #wildlife #Bushfires #law #lawfare #NSW #Braemar #MyrtleStateForests #NEFA #EDO #EPA #court #vidence #ForestryCorporation #NorthEastRegionalForestAgreement #ClimateEmergency #biodiversity

Ruling leaves koala populations exposed but door opens to further legal action
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https://www.edo.org.au/2023/11/20/ruling-leaves-koala-populations-exposed-but-door-opens-to-further-legal-action/

North East Forest Alliance laments Land and Environment Court loss, says koalas will suffer
"The Land and Environment Court has rejected an application to stop logging in two bushfire affected forests in north-east NSW."
"This was our last official legal attempt to try and save the koalas. "They're going to take out most of their feed trees."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-20/nefa-court-challenge-nsw-forestry-corporation-dismissed/103127218

#NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #koalas #wildlife #Bushfires #law #lawfare #NSW #Braemar #MyrtleStateForests #NEFA #EDO #EPA #court #vidence #ForestryCorporation #NorthEastRegionalForestAgreement #ClimateEmergency #biodiversity

Ruling leaves koala populations exposed but door opens to further legal action
>>
https://www.edo.org.au/2023/11/20/ruling-leaves-koala-populations-exposed-but-door-opens-to-further-legal-action/

North East Forest Alliance laments Land and Environment Court loss, says koalas will suffer
"The Land and Environment Court has rejected an application to stop logging in two bushfire affected forests in north-east NSW."
"This was our last official legal attempt to try and save the koalas. "They're going to take out most of their feed trees."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-20/nefa-court-challenge-nsw-forestry-corporation-dismissed/103127218

#NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #koalas #wildlife #Bushfires #law #lawfare #NSW #Braemar #MyrtleStateForests #NEFA #EDO #EPA #court #vidence #ForestryCorporation #NorthEastRegionalForestAgreement #ClimateEmergency #biodiversity

Ruling leaves koala populations exposed but door opens to further legal action
>>
https://www.edo.org.au/2023/11/20/ruling-leaves-koala-populations-exposed-but-door-opens-to-further-legal-action/

North East Forest Alliance laments Land and Environment Court loss, says koalas will suffer
"The Land and Environment Court has rejected an application to stop logging in two bushfire affected forests in north-east NSW."
"This was our last official legal attempt to try and save the koalas. "They're going to take out most of their feed trees."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-20/nefa-court-challenge-nsw-forestry-corporation-dismissed/103127218

#NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #koalas #wildlife #Bushfires #law #lawfare #NSW #Braemar #MyrtleStateForests #NEFA #EDO #EPA #court #vidence #ForestryCorporation #NorthEastRegionalForestAgreement #ClimateEmergency #biodiversity

Ruling leaves koala populations exposed but door opens to further legal action
>>
https://www.edo.org.au/2023/11/20/ruling-leaves-koala-populations-exposed-but-door-opens-to-further-legal-action/

North East Forest Alliance laments Land and Environment Court loss, says koalas will suffer
"The Land and Environment Court has rejected an application to stop logging in two bushfire affected forests in north-east NSW."
"This was our last official legal attempt to try and save the koalas. "They're going to take out most of their feed trees."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-20/nefa-court-challenge-nsw-forestry-corporation-dismissed/103127218

#NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #koalas #wildlife #Bushfires #law #lawfare #NSW #Braemar #MyrtleStateForests #NEFA #EDO #EPA #court #vidence #ForestryCorporation #NorthEastRegionalForestAgreement #ClimateEmergency #biodiversity

Australia’s new nature laws

"Australia’s abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonisation are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, animals and ecological communities. But change is afoot."

"Habitat means homes for wildlife
Protection of sufficient and connected habitat must be central to Australia’s national environmental law. If homes for swift parrots, koalas, greater gliders and other threatened species continue to be destroyed and fragmented, it is all but guaranteed Australia will fail in its stated quest to avoid further extinctions."

"The new laws must state policy objectives such as no new extinctions and no actions that accelerate climate change."

"A Voice for Country and culture
Our national environment laws must make room for genuine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders participation in how matters of cultural and environmental significance are managed."

"It’s not an optional extra. We simply must invest in nature. We cannot afford not to."
>>
https://theconversation.com/5-things-we-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271
#EPBCAct #law #biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #NativeForests #koalas #WaterExtraction #governance #extinctions #NatureRestoration

Australia’s new nature laws

"Australia’s abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonisation are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, animals and ecological communities. But change is afoot."

"Habitat means homes for wildlife
Protection of sufficient and connected habitat must be central to Australia’s national environmental law. If homes for swift parrots, koalas, greater gliders and other threatened species continue to be destroyed and fragmented, it is all but guaranteed Australia will fail in its stated quest to avoid further extinctions."

"The new laws must state policy objectives such as no new extinctions and no actions that accelerate climate change."

"A Voice for Country and culture
Our national environment laws must make room for genuine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders participation in how matters of cultural and environmental significance are managed."

"It’s not an optional extra. We simply must invest in nature. We cannot afford not to."
>>
https://theconversation.com/5-things-we-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271
#EPBCAct #law #biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #NativeForests #koalas #WaterExtraction #governance #extinctions #NatureRestoration

Australia’s new nature laws

"Australia’s abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonisation are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, animals and ecological communities. But change is afoot."

"Habitat means homes for wildlife
Protection of sufficient and connected habitat must be central to Australia’s national environmental law. If homes for swift parrots, koalas, greater gliders and other threatened species continue to be destroyed and fragmented, it is all but guaranteed Australia will fail in its stated quest to avoid further extinctions."

"The new laws must state policy objectives such as no new extinctions and no actions that accelerate climate change."

"A Voice for Country and culture
Our national environment laws must make room for genuine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders participation in how matters of cultural and environmental significance are managed."

"It’s not an optional extra. We simply must invest in nature. We cannot afford not to."
>>
https://theconversation.com/5-things-we-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271
#EPBCAct #law #biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #NativeForests #koalas #WaterExtraction #governance #extinctions #NatureRestoration

Australia’s new nature laws

"Australia’s abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonisation are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, animals and ecological communities. But change is afoot."

"Habitat means homes for wildlife
Protection of sufficient and connected habitat must be central to Australia’s national environmental law. If homes for swift parrots, koalas, greater gliders and other threatened species continue to be destroyed and fragmented, it is all but guaranteed Australia will fail in its stated quest to avoid further extinctions."

"The new laws must state policy objectives such as no new extinctions and no actions that accelerate climate change."

"A Voice for Country and culture
Our national environment laws must make room for genuine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders participation in how matters of cultural and environmental significance are managed."

"It’s not an optional extra. We simply must invest in nature. We cannot afford not to."
>>
https://theconversation.com/5-things-we-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271
#EPBCAct #law #biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #NativeForests #koalas #WaterExtraction #governance #extinctions #NatureRestoration

Australia’s new nature laws

"Australia’s abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonisation are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, animals and ecological communities. But change is afoot."

"Habitat means homes for wildlife
Protection of sufficient and connected habitat must be central to Australia’s national environmental law. If homes for swift parrots, koalas, greater gliders and other threatened species continue to be destroyed and fragmented, it is all but guaranteed Australia will fail in its stated quest to avoid further extinctions."

"The new laws must state policy objectives such as no new extinctions and no actions that accelerate climate change."

"A Voice for Country and culture
Our national environment laws must make room for genuine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders participation in how matters of cultural and environmental significance are managed."

"It’s not an optional extra. We simply must invest in nature. We cannot afford not to."
>>
https://theconversation.com/5-things-we-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271
#EPBCAct #law #biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #NativeForests #koalas #WaterExtraction #governance #extinctions #NatureRestoration

A national ban on native forest logging

"‘Enough is enough’: former Coalition environment minister joins push for a national ban on native forest logging."

"“Too much of Australia’s rich and often unique biodiversity has been lost,” ... “What remains must be conserved and ending clearing and logging of Australia’s native forests would significantly help".

""...“the best thing we can do to protect our threatened wildlife and to take greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere is to quickly and fairly bring this failing industry to an end”."

"The NSW and Tasmanian governments have been under pressure to act on native forest logging after WA and Victoria committed to ending native forestry."

"...Native forest logging was helping to drive some of Australia’s most loved species towards extinction."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/13/enough-is-enough-former-coalition-environment-minister-joins-push-for-a-national-ban-on-native-forest-logging
#transition #wildlife #biodiversity #NSWLogging #ANationalBan #ForestryCorporation #StopLogging #ClimateEmergency #NativeForests #koalas #ClimateActionNow #extinction #SaveTuckersNob

A national ban on native forest logging

"‘Enough is enough’: former Coalition environment minister joins push for a national ban on native forest logging."

"“Too much of Australia’s rich and often unique biodiversity has been lost,” ... “What remains must be conserved and ending clearing and logging of Australia’s native forests would significantly help".

""...“the best thing we can do to protect our threatened wildlife and to take greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere is to quickly and fairly bring this failing industry to an end”."

"The NSW and Tasmanian governments have been under pressure to act on native forest logging after WA and Victoria committed to ending native forestry."

"...Native forest logging was helping to drive some of Australia’s most loved species towards extinction."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/13/enough-is-enough-former-coalition-environment-minister-joins-push-for-a-national-ban-on-native-forest-logging
#transition #wildlife #biodiversity #NSWLogging #ANationalBan #ForestryCorporation #StopLogging #ClimateEmergency #NativeForests #koalas #ClimateActionNow #extinction #SaveTuckersNob

A national ban on native forest logging

"‘Enough is enough’: former Coalition environment minister joins push for a national ban on native forest logging."

"“Too much of Australia’s rich and often unique biodiversity has been lost,” ... “What remains must be conserved and ending clearing and logging of Australia’s native forests would significantly help".

""...“the best thing we can do to protect our threatened wildlife and to take greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere is to quickly and fairly bring this failing industry to an end”."

"The NSW and Tasmanian governments have been under pressure to act on native forest logging after WA and Victoria committed to ending native forestry."

"...Native forest logging was helping to drive some of Australia’s most loved species towards extinction."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/13/enough-is-enough-former-coalition-environment-minister-joins-push-for-a-national-ban-on-native-forest-logging
#transition #wildlife #biodiversity #NSWLogging #ANationalBan #ForestryCorporation #StopLogging #ClimateEmergency #NativeForests #koalas #ClimateActionNow #extinction #SaveTuckersNob

A national ban on native forest logging

"‘Enough is enough’: former Coalition environment minister joins push for a national ban on native forest logging."

"“Too much of Australia’s rich and often unique biodiversity has been lost,” ... “What remains must be conserved and ending clearing and logging of Australia’s native forests would significantly help".

""...“the best thing we can do to protect our threatened wildlife and to take greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere is to quickly and fairly bring this failing industry to an end”."

"The NSW and Tasmanian governments have been under pressure to act on native forest logging after WA and Victoria committed to ending native forestry."

"...Native forest logging was helping to drive some of Australia’s most loved species towards extinction."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/13/enough-is-enough-former-coalition-environment-minister-joins-push-for-a-national-ban-on-native-forest-logging
#transition #wildlife #biodiversity #NSWLogging #ANationalBan #ForestryCorporation #StopLogging #ClimateEmergency #NativeForests #koalas #ClimateActionNow #extinction #SaveTuckersNob

A national ban on native forest logging

"‘Enough is enough’: former Coalition environment minister joins push for a national ban on native forest logging."

"“Too much of Australia’s rich and often unique biodiversity has been lost,” ... “What remains must be conserved and ending clearing and logging of Australia’s native forests would significantly help".

""...“the best thing we can do to protect our threatened wildlife and to take greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere is to quickly and fairly bring this failing industry to an end”."

"The NSW and Tasmanian governments have been under pressure to act on native forest logging after WA and Victoria committed to ending native forestry."

"...Native forest logging was helping to drive some of Australia’s most loved species towards extinction."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/13/enough-is-enough-former-coalition-environment-minister-joins-push-for-a-national-ban-on-native-forest-logging
#transition #wildlife #biodiversity #NSWLogging #ANationalBan #ForestryCorporation #StopLogging #ClimateEmergency #NativeForests #koalas #ClimateActionNow #extinction #SaveTuckersNob

The obligation of scientists to speak the truth for the common good:

Why the NSW Government’s ‘provisional’ Koala Park will not save koalas

"A precautionary approach would suspend all logging – now. "

"The current approach to maintaining those small areas of hardwood plantation in wood production will result in a ‘Swiss cheese’ park, full of holes, with isolated populations of koala incapable of moving across the landscape. The ‘Great Koala Park’ will become the Great Koala Ghetto. Clear-fall forestry, as prescribed for areas zoned plantation, is incompatible with sustainable koala populations."

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https://timcadman.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/why-the-nsw-governments-provisional-koala-park-will-not-save-koalas/
#TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #NSWForestry #DPI #governance #BellingenLogging #SaveTuckersNob #TuckersNob026027 #WidlifeCorridors #transparency #credibility #parrhesia #conservation #BiodiversityCrisis

Impact of Roads and Vehicles on Wildlife Populations
"With over one billion cars on the planet (OICA 2016), the global scale of wildlife roadkill is enormous. Estimates include anywhere between 89-340 million birds killed each year by cars in the US (Loss et al. 2014) and 29 million mammals per year in Europe (Grilo et al. 2020)"

"Estimates for Australia are limited but published studies have reported such figures as: over nine million kangaroos and wallabies struck on Australian roads each year (Burgin and Brainwood 2008); over 300 koalas killed annually on roads in southeast Queensland (QDES 2022); and over 40,000 frogs run over annually on one road in northern NSW (Goldingay and Taylor 2006)"

The Evolution of Wildlife Crossings in Eastern Australia and a Guide to 57 Iconic Sites, Brendan Taylor
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/news/item/book-in-focus-The-Evolution-of-Wildlife-Crossings-in-Eastern-Australia-and-a-Guide-to-57-Iconic-Sites

Extract
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-5275-0142-3-sample.pdf

Road-crossing stepping-stones for gliders
https://theconversation.com/glide-poles-the-great-aussie-invention-helping-flying-possums-cross-the-road-209033

#book #RoadKill #koalas #birds #frogs #biodiversity #habitat #fragmentation #biodiversity #WildlifeCrossings #wildlife #roads #mortalities #MidNorthCoast #NSW #cars #speed #extinction makers