#koalas — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #koalas, aggregated by home.social.
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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." >>
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260904-great-koala-national-park-dependent-on-carbon-offsets-but-taxpayers-will-pay-95-of-cost
#FossilFuels #pollution #Biodiversity #offsets #con #tax #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NationalParks #wildlife #koalas -
Mmm, they don't seem to realise that koalas are climbers, not burrowers: No koalas spotted inside purpose-built underpass after five months.
#koalas #Australiahttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/koalas-avoid-sydney-appin-road-underpass/107090362
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🇦🇺 🐨 What is the Great Koala National Park?
It’s a plan to connect 175,000 hectares of publicly-owned state forests to existing National Parks, creating a 315,000 hectare nature reserve in the Coffs Coast Region and giving endangered species, like koalas, a safe place to live.
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Ein Krokodil in der #WilhelmaStuttgart frisst #Plastik, das von Besuchern ins Gehege geworfen wurde. #Zoo-Direktor sagt: kein Problem.
Irgendwie hat er einen Punkt: die Welt ist voller Plastik ...Auch Wilhelma:
7 Koalas werden in der Terra Australis für 12 Mio € eingesperrt und mit Eukalyptus aus Florida gefüttert.
4 von ihnen sterben binnen eines Jahres.1. #Koalas sind Nahrungsspezialisten: ihr Magen ist auf eine bestimmte Umgebung optimiert. Warum weiß ein #FCKZOOs so etwas nicht? (1/3)
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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 -
"The koala population
in the Burbank bushland (south-east Queensland) ...has suffered massive losses in the past 20-30 years.""...Those little ones cross roads, walk into backyards with dogs or trip into swimming pools … we've had all of those types of koalas rescued..."
Strapping tracking collars around their necks and buzzing the marsupial with thermal drones will now help monitor the sprawling urbanisation, cars and dogs?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-25/tracking-collars-monitor-qld-koala-populations/106938890
#koalas #wildlife #HabitatFragmentation #Burbank #SEQueensland #greenbelt #GofetchMyData #dogs #pets #roads #conservation #telemetry -
Didn't think I'd find myself welling up at koala videos in the middle of the work day but here we are.
▶️ Hungry Koala Walks Up To Couple Asking For Help | The Dodo
https://youtube.com/watch?v=aRiKkZXS4Fw&si=GQ1gxSn0ZWkLMUY9
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Creating diversified revenue streams out of 'The koala park' -
carbon credits and logging?
Nature as cash cow"A long-promised New South Wales great koala national park is set to go ahead after the Albanese government greenlit the state to receive hundreds of millions of dollars for protecting native forests previously earmarked for logging."
"...Polluting companies are allowed to buy an unlimited number of credits – also known as offsets – to count as their own cuts while continuing to pollute. Scientists have warned limiting the climate crisis requires rapid direct cuts in emissions and that carbon offsets should be used sparingly."
"NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson said the logging industry was unprofitable and the government should end it regardless of carbon credit revenue. “Reducing our forests in NSW to cash cows and offsets for climate polluters … sends a signal across the country that governments can disregard the intrinsic value of nature in favour of the latest get-out-of-jail-free card for climate polluters." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/26/great-koala-national-park-nsw-carbon-credit-deal
#biodiversity #NativeForests #FossilFuels #climate #pollution #offsets #LoggingIndustry #koalas #wildlife #ClimateCrisis -
Lingering loopholes in the new national environment laws
"The federal government says it fixed Australia's 'broken' environmental laws. Koala advocates disagree."
"Environmentalists believe the EPBC Act has (Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation) allowed habitat to be gradually lost, with multiple projects approved within the same area. Habitat loss on the Redlands coast has contributed to an 80 per cent drop in koala numbers over the last 25 years." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/brisbane-koala-advocates-question-national-environment-laws/106748658
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NSW's native forests are worth more standing than shredded into woodchips. They protect wildlife, store carbon, safeguard water catchments and belong to future generations, not logging companies.
Premier Minns promised better. Time to end industrial native forest logging and protect what little remains. Add your voice.#nswpol #forests #koalas #climate
https://wilderness.good.do/NSWindustriallogging25/nswmp_minns/
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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 -
Welcome to Australia,
where you can have a wealthy private school or
koala habitat but not both,
First Dog on the Moon >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jun/03/welcome-to-australia-where-you-can-have-a-wealthy-private-school-or-koala-habitat-but-not-bothImage: First Dog on the Moon, Guardian
#biodiversity #wildlife #koalas #values #trees #sprawl #bulldozing #Australia -
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-ResidentsHow NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wY9HzWwEvsUnfortunately 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 -
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. >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-05-27/koala-deaths-linked-to-a-few-extra-degrees-of-heat/106722276
#Koalas #refugia #FossilFuels #heatwaves #drought #climate #cars #sprawl #dogs #NSW #MassMortalities #widllife #extinctions #DomesticAnimals #HeatRelatedRisks #biodiversity -
🐨🍼 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
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Australia’s new national park links habitat to protect koalas https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/australias-new-national-park-links-habitat-to-protect-koalas/
#Australia #environment #NationalPark #habitat #wildlife #koalas
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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 -
the stars of this week's feature in #CurrentBiology are more than 400 cuddly #koalas! It's all about #conservation #genomics, also covering eg #SnowLeopards, #SeaSnails, #lemurs https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/survival-secrets-of-koalas.html
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Koalas in NSW were predicted to be extinct in the wild by 2050 after the Black Summer fires. Now they’re officially endangered.
Meanwhile, it’s not governments leading the charge — it’s small local groups planting trees and rebuilding habitat, one patch at a time.
This is what real action looks like. -
Dreamworld Gold Coast
without the koalasKoala habitats would be impacted under the proposal to expand Dreamworld.
Coomera resident "said he could hardly believe it was the same suburb where he once saw koalas in the trees. "It's all gone...It's just wall-to-wall suburban development."
"Dr O'Hare said instead of clearing vegetation and koala habitat for the project, developers should use 7 hectares of land occupied by a car park." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/dreamworld-expansion-considered-concern-traffic-gridlock/106469590
#biodiversity #koalas #sprawl #Cars #traffic #CarDependence #CarParks #Coomera #LandClearing -
Koala dies after allegedly being dragged behind vehicle down a street
"A rope was tied around the animal's neck and the other end was looped around a vehicle's tow ball, before the animal was dragged along the road."
"There was blood and fur along the road where it got dragged. It was gurgling blood and had deep abrasions over a lot of its body."
"Volunteer vets were forced to euthanise the animal after it suffered injuries, including deep abrasions and a fractured jaw."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-26/koala-killed-after-being-dragged-behind-vehicle/106497782More on motorists dragged living beings behind their cars >
https://www.abc.net.au/news/search?query=dragged%20behind%20a%20car
#koalas #cars #motorists #cruelty #WildlifeCrime #Australia #Koroit #values #biodiversity -
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." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/epbc-land-clearing-koala-unaware-farmers/106452434
#biodiversity #EPBCAct #LandClearing #farmers #koalas #NativeVegetation #law #EndangeredEcosystems #NSW -
5-Mar-2026
Whole-#genome study of #koalas transforms how we understand genetic risk in #endangeredSpecies
World-first evidence that #conservation decisions can’t rely on static measures of genetic #diversity -
In Sydney on Sunday? Want a free brunch (and to help stop the proposed Moolarben Coal Expansion from destroying yet more of the climate and also pushing Koalas further to extinction)?
The nice people at Humanist Society of NSW are putting on a submission writing brunch:
https://events.humanitix.com/moolarben-submission-writing-brunch
Boosts appreciated!
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Eradication of NSW koalas: Sprawl and kill spots
"The problem with these big housing developments is that they create these houses that are so tightly rammed together that there's no opportunity for big trees.When they build them, they completely like moonscape the area." Most koala "corridors have been eaten into by developers."
"Vehicles have struck 160 koalas in Sydney's south-west since July 2022..."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/koala-corridors-under-threat-in-sydney-conservationists-warn/106099774
#koalas #Biodiversity #wildlife #NSW #sprawl #pets #cars #roads #housing #Treeless #moonscapes #extinction #PoliticsOfUnsustainability -
A koala unfriendly infrastructure
"The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton."
No virtual fencing, no AI sensors, no speed restrictions
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-highway-death-raises-questions-over-wait-for-signage"Signs are litter on a stick
Signs are white noise motorists ignore
Signs are a cheap option"
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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
https://www.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 -
Save The Koala Day .
#savethekoalas #koalasofinstagram #koala #koalababy #koalalove #babykoala #koalalife #koalarescue #koalafreak #koalas #koalafanworld #koalabear #koalabears #australia #savethekoala #australiananimals #koalagang #animals #koalasgram #wildlife #australiankoalafoundation #animal #koalapark #animallovers #australianwildlife #koalachallenge #koalasanctuary #cute #nature #cutekoala
https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/save-the-koala-day/
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Careless drivers knocking down signage II
Cnr of #RosesRoad, John Locke Pl. Ever since the #GlenifferRoad 'upgrade'. No road is ever wide enough.
#Cars #speeding #roads #motorists #Bellingen #speeding #BellingenShire #inaction #gleniffer #koalas #RecklessDriving -
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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7NQbRGZ2U
#biodiversity #FCNSW #NSWLogging #governance #harm #destruction #pinecreek #SaveTuckersNob #wildlife #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #LoggingImpacts -
Drone locates 20 koalas in forest due to be logged next year
"A thermal drone imaging survey has been conducted over a plantation within the Great Koala National Park footprint. 20 koalas were detected over two nights at Tuckers Nob State Forest, which is due to be logged in the New Year."
The so called 'plantations' are more like native forests. Tuckers Nob forest must be included in the great koala national park. Video>>
https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2024/12/18/drone-locates-20-koalas-in-forest-due-to-be-logged-next-year/
#LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #BellingenLogging #koalas #SaveTuckersNob #Bellingen #Gleniffer #plantations #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #wildlife #conservation #drones #RadioTelemetry #FCNSW #destruction -
Koala deaths though road and highway crashes
“There were five koala deaths on this section of the Bruxner Highway in August alone and any protection measure we can take to reduce that toll is worth taking. A section of the highway between Lismore and Casino will have the speed reduced from 100km to 80km in a bid to reduce koala deaths...Members of the public regularly call us about koalas in roadside trees, which causes sleepless nights wondering if they will be the next ones hit that we have to pick up.”
There seems to be a lack of impact data on the 'dispersed' koalas of the 'upgraded' Gleniffer 'Highway' through the industrially logged forests of Bellingen/Gleniffer. The 50s mobility design has achieved its goal, more traffic is speeding now. Meanwhile, photos proliferate of 'koalas in roadside trees'.
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https://indynr.com/speed-zone-change-on-bruxner-highway-will-reduce-koala-deaths/
#koalas #wildlife #MobilityDesign #roads #cars #roadkill #DeathHotspots #speed #GlenifferRoad #speeding #BellingenLogging #Bellingen #Gleniffer #conservation #MembersOfThePublic -
Koalas
"After European colonization in 1788, more species have become extinct in Australia than in any other country on Earth (Australian Government Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment, 2022)."
In 2020, the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Koalas found that koalas will become extinct before 2050. Why?
Habitat grab, cars and dogs
"Koalas who had been attacked by a dog, fallen from a tree, and/or been hit by a motor vehicle were more likely to be euthanized or found deceased than released."
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Charalambous, R., Descovich, K. A., & Narayan, E. J. (2024). Identifying Trends in Admission and Release of Wild Koalas in Veterinary Clinics Throughout Queensland, Australia. Society & Animals (published online ahead of print 2024).
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10220
#koalas #Bellingen #Gleniffer #roads #dogs #pets #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #loggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #SettlerSociety #BiodiversityCrisis #Ecocide #ExtinctionCrisis #EPBCAct -
A 2020 NSW parliamentary inquiry found koalas would be extinct in the state by 2050 without urgent action.
"Governments continue to permit the clearing of koala habitat, including for native forest logging operations on the mid-north coast and in areas that have been promised for conservation in a proposed great koala national park."
“We’re in one of the most biodiverse, rich areas on this continent, but historical clearing has seriously degraded the area."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/03/koala-thief-leaves-claude-eastern-forest-nursery-lismore-nsw
#Koalas #LoggingImpacts #LandClearing #NSWForestry #MidNorthCoast #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #SaveTuckersNob #governance #biodiversity #extinction makers -
Australian biodiversity conservation and 'fighting the government.'
"A rare legal win for an ecologist over a violent confrontation with NSW loggers exposed years of intimidation from corporate forestry representatives and law enforcement ."
"In environmental science circles, state surveillance and persecution of an ecologist whose findings refute or debunk state land management practices surprises no one. Last year, the International Science Council, a body representing more than 250 organisations, summarised that “the findings of environmental scientists … have long triggered censorship, intimidation, harassment and even violence when these challenge economic interests, political agendas, or ideologies”. It reported that scientists “have been physically attacked, wrongfully detained, and killed for their research and advocacy … threats and attacks are widespread in virtually all fields examining human impact on the environment”.
"A 2021 joint university study of Australian environmental scientists found more than half employed in industry or government “are routinely constrained in communicating scientific evidence on threatened species, mining, logging and other threats to the environment”. In some cases, “scientists self-censor information for fear of damaging their careers, losing funding or being misrepresented in the media. In others, senior managers or ministers’ officers prevented researchers from speaking truthfully on scientific matters...In all logged states, time spent fighting the government has overtaken the fieldwork time of ecologists and forest researchers."
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https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/june/katherine-wilson/combative-nature#mtr
#NSWForestry #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #breaches #violence #GumbainggirCountry #activism #ecology #conservation #science #researchers #Koalas #ThreatenedSpecies #extractivism #mining #logging #defamation #surveillance #CivilDisobedience #CoffsHarbour #Gondwana #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #ExtinctionCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis #democracy #governance #Australia -
Still logging Tuckers Nob, also known as the proposed Great Koala National Park
Dr. Tim Cadman is documenting how rainforest trees are cleared and original forest remnant are damaged by the state-owned Forestry Corporation of NSW. Week 11 of industrial logging within Tuckers Nob compartments 26-27 turning remnant vegetation into timber and electricity.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2djTDFsYjYSurviving arboreal animals flee across busy roads and birds have gone silent. Industrial machinery leave huge puddles behind that supply the whole of Bellingen with Japanese encephalitis virus, Murray Valley encephalitis and Ross River virus. Gain for some, harm for others.
Mosquito borne diseases move in behind the loggers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/30/environment.climatechange
Deforestation and vector-borne disease: Forest conversion favors important mosquito vectors of human pathogens
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8290921/#SaveTuckersNob #BreachWatch #TuckersNob26 #LoggingIndustry #FCNSW #LoggingImpacts #ForestConversion #NSWForestry #BellingenLogging #RemnantVegetation #rainforest #MosquitoBorneDiseases #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #electricity #koalas #VectorBorneDiseases #BellingenShire
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Traumatised koalas in clear felled forests on the mid-north coast
The Carbon Credit Grift Destroying Koala Habitat"The NSW Labor Government took office promising to create a vast koala sanctuary on the state’s mid-north coast – the Great Koala National Park. Despite the threat of koala extinction in the state, more than a year later the Great Koala National Park is yet to be established.
Last year, NSW Premier Chris Minns' remarkable admission disclosed a further motive for the go-slow: the government is reluctant to create the new national park or end logging and land clearing that is destroying koala habitat until it secures another way to make money from the trees. In essence, it wants to exploit the forests for carbon credits."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDzW-f8y8F0Are koalas being traded for carbon credits? (audio)
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/koala-carbon-credits-stephen-long/103687144End all logging in public native forests and koala habitat
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/video-report-the-carbon-credit-grift-destroying-koala-habitat/"Dr Henry, who chairs the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, said the government should establish a public fund to spur corporate involvement in “nature-positive” land protection and repair."
https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/henry-demands-billions-for-nature-repair-market-20240409-p5fiho#NSWLogging #FCNSW #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #destruction #PineCreek #MidNorthcCoast #LoggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #koalas #biodversity #GumbaynggirrCountry #ClimateCrisis #governance #failure #FossilFuels #NativeForests #biodiversity #extractivism #offsets #NaturePositive #extinction makers
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Albanese government fails to monitor deforestation, leaving it to citizen scientists to uncover potentially illegal clearing
"The work of citizen scientists has laid bare the staggering lack of federal government monitoring of deforestation in Australia, after six instances of potentially unlawful land clearing were uncovered in the last four months through a volunteer monitoring program."
"Since December 2023, the Wilderness Society and Queensland Conservation Council have referred six instances of potentially illegal deforestation to the federal government for assessment."
“The Albanese government must uphold their commitment of no new extinctions and protect iconic species like the koala. The only way to achieve this is to stop the bulldozers in their tracks by tough enforcement of our national environment law.”
https://www.wilderness.org.au/news-events/albanese-government-fails-to-monitor-deforestation-leaving-it-to-citizen-scientists-to-uncover-potentially-illegal-clearing
#LoggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #CitizenScience #crime #NSWForestry #deforestation #volunteers #governance #enforcement #conservation #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #biodiversity #climate -
Bellingen without the forests?
https://bellingenarea.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-master-plan-for-bellingen-placemaking.html
#BellingenShire #Bellingen #MasterPlan #BellingenLogging #Biodiversity #Logging #LoggingIndustry #destruction #LoggingImpacts #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #Gleniffer #GumbaynggirrCountry #SettlerSociety #CarDependency -
Tuckers Nob State forest incineration after logging. The image is from Gleniffer Road near a residential area.
Bellingen under toxic smoke from logging fires at 33 °C
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/112013566248072051#FCNSW #LoggingImpacts #pollution #GlenifferRoad #AirQuality #Climate #BiodiversityCrisis #koalas #BellingenShire #BellingenLogging #destruction #NativeForests #OneHealth #Gleniffer #SaveTuckersNob #NativeForestIncineration #fires
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Gleniffer residents close Tuckers Nob to Forestry
"Gleniffer residents gathered at dawn today and reposted ‘Forest Closed’ notices around Tuckers Nob – with a difference.This time the signs read “Forest Closed: To Loggers”.
This is in response to the closure of compartments 26 and 27 by Forestry Corporation late last year, with FCNSW stating its intent to log the area. Community have become frustrated after their expert report around Unique and Special Values there has been ignored."Like in the Amazon or the Congo, the fossil fuel powered machinery of destruction has started wiping out the homes of endemic and rare plants and animals.
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https://bellingenshirenews.com/2024/02/14/gleniffer-residents-close-tuckers-nob-to-forestry/
#EndNativeForestLogging
#SaveTuckersNob #biodiversity #koalas #ClimateEmergency #FCNSW #NSWForestry #Bellingen #values #BellingenLogging #destruction #TuckersNob26 #extinction makers -
How to fast-track extinction
NSW changes are designed to make logging easier
Logging glider and koala habitat is nonsensical
#EndNativeForestLogging"New logging rules in NSW put the greater glider closer to extinction."
"The NSW Environment Protection Authority this month announced changes to rules in logging operations."
"...Ecologists were shocked by a recent announcement by New South Wales environment authorities that we believe loosens protections for southern greater gliders in logging areas."
"But sadly, extensive glider habitat has been burnt, logged or both. Climate change poses a further risk."
"Since the southern greater glider was listed as vulnerable in 2016, its habitat continued to be destroyed. This is poor management for many reasons:
gliders often die on site when their habitat is disturbed
young forests recovering after disturbances tend to be hotter and drier, which is bad for gliders because they are heat-sensitive
removing hollow-bearing trees not only destroys a key part of glider habitat immediately, but it can take decades (if not centuries) for forest to become suitable again
logging makes forests more flammable and gliders are particularly sensitive to fire
logging can change the composition of tree species in a forest, reducing the availability of quality food for gliders."
"Logging those refuges is nonsensical given the large body of scientific work demonstrating its negative effects. And tinkering around the edge of logging rules will have limited benefits."
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https://theconversation.com/new-logging-rules-in-nsw-put-the-greater-glider-closer-to-extinction-when-will-we-start-protecting-these-amazing-animals-223182Australia leads the world in native mammal extinctions – roughly 10% have become extinct since British invasion.
Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417301112#NSWForestry #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #koalas #gliders #EndangeredSpecies #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #biodiversity #StopLogging #NativeForests #extinction makers
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#EndNativeForestLogging / #SaveTuckersNob
Fossil fuel machinery has started 'treading lightly' in Tuckers Nob public forest today in Bellingen.
Logging trucks were speeding along Roses community road today at 8.30, delivering giant fossil fuel machinery to start the industrial destruction of Tuckers Nob (compartments 26 and 27) public forest.
A vigil is being held by Friends of Tucker Nob on Gleniffer Rd.
Friends of Tucker Nob
https://www.facebook.com/groups/250189120465227/
Bellingen/ Gleniffer Community group protecting and surveying native forests.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLa7XENA3YI
Tim Cadman showing "the incredible beauty and diversity of Tuckers Nob rainforests and remnant forest. #NSWForestry is trying really hard to hide the wonders of this special Koala habitat."'The Koala lives here'
Stop logging native forests
Stop forest destruction in a climate and biodiversity crisis#SaveTuckersNob #Bellingen #NSWForestry #NSWLogging #FCNSW #RosesRoad #Gleniffer #wildlife #koalas #biodiversity #ClimateExtremes #GumbaynggirrCountry #BellingenShire #roads #ClimateExtremes #FireRisks #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark
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004Tarkeeth - Koala habitat converted to plantation
Dr. Cadman's video "shows active and recent conversion of original forest and koala habitat to plantation inside the proposed Greater Koala Park, undertaken by #NSWForestry despite repeated warnings. This is what clearfall forestry looks like."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVx6fula8wU
#NSWForestry #FCNSW #RemnantVegetation #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #NativeForests #conversion #plantations
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Tuckers Nob Forest future still uncertain
"Two months after the Minister for Agriculture, Tara Moriarty, ordered Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) to temporarily suspend logging in Tuckers Nob, there is still no clear indication of what the future holds for the ecologically sensitive area."
"The Department of Primary Industry is presently undertaking a further assessment of the proposed logging of Tuckers Nob compartments 26 and 27 in respect of how the Unique and Special Wildlife Values within the forest may be impacted."
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https://bellingenshirenews.com/2023/12/20/forest-future-still-uncertain/
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Saving koalas from extinction on the Mid North Coast of NSW
"The Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) has called on the Government to suspend all logging within the proposed Great Koala National Park as consultation for the Koala Park begins in Coffs Harbour."
“If logging is allowed to continue within the boundaries of the proposed Great Koala National Park, koalas and a large number of other critically threatened and endangered animals will suffer.”
“The industrial logging that we are seeing at Pine Creek is an environmental and economic disaster and not only a major threat to koalas, but it’s also a serious waste of taxpayers’ dollars and undermines the $190 million NSW Government Koala Strategy.”
“Labor needs to listen to health and environmental scientists, not a single industry, and place a moratorium on logging immediately."
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https://www.newsofthearea.com.au/conservationists-accuse-labor-of-dragging-their-feet-on-great-koala-national-park
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Outrage as endangered species living in forest goes unnoticed by loggers chopping it down. 'Nothing to see here': Greater gliders, yellow-bellied gliders, koalas and powerful owls.
“Forestry Corporation admitted that they don’t do surveys for the nocturnal greater gliders at night! No wonder they aren’t finding any — they don’t want to find them, as it would seriously restrict their operations,” CEO Jacqui Mumford
"Endangered marsupials have been discovered inside a forest that was being chopped down by the NSW government, prompting calls for its operations to be suspended across dozens of sites across the state."
"After the Environmental Protection Agency was asked to intervene this week, NSW Forestry Corporation voluntarily asked its contractors to cease operations at the Styx River State Forest which borders the Cathedral Rock National Park, west of Coffs Harbour. It’s the second time since August the state-owned agency has been forced to down chainsaws because of the discovery of greater gliders."
https://au.news.yahoo.com/outrage-as-endangered-species-living-in-forest-goes-unnoticed-by-loggers-chopping-it-down-063558748.html
#MoonparSF #CoffsHarbour #NativeForests #NSWForestry #NSWLogging #gliders #Koalas #wildlife #biodiversity #surveys #ExtinctionCrisis #StopLogging -
Displaced koala found adjacent to a clearfell logging operation in the proposed Great Koala National Park
"The National Parks Association NSW (NPA) has obtained video of a likely displaced koala barely 40m from the edge of a clearfelled logging coupe in Pine Creek State Forest within the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP).
Koala Hubs contain critical multi generational koala populations and their habitat. Logging of Koala Hubs within the proposed GKNP was suspended by the NSW Government last September, but unfortunately Koala Hubs in plantations were not included in the decision and continue to be logged."
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https://npansw.org.au/2023/12/07/displaced-koala-found-adjacent-to-a-clearfell-logging-operation-in-the-proposed-great-koala-national-park/
#Koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #wildlife #Biodiversity #PineCreek #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #StopLogging
