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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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." >>
    theguardian.com/science/2015/m

    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." >>
    curtin.edu.au/news/media-relea

    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. " >>
    publish.csiro.au/pc/pdf/PC2407

    #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

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Private landholders control 60% of the Australian continent.
    Many of Australia’s ecosystems are severely degraded.
    Only 22% of Australia’s landmass is currently protected.

    "About 60% of the continent is owned or managed privately – and 70% to 90% of inadequately protected wildlife is found mostly on such land, which includes farms, pastoral leases and mines."

    "Through what legal mechanism can private landholders be engaged in biodiversity conservation? A conservation covenant is a legally binding commitment landholders make to restrict how their property is used."

    "Existing covenants are generally used to protect high-value conservation land where ecosystems are healthy. Rarely are they used on degraded land needing restoration, such as overgrazed paddocks or former mining."
    >>
    theconversation.com/private-la
    #PrivateLandholders #degradation #mining #overgrazing #ConservationCovenant #NaturePositive #30x30 #nature #wildlife #koalas #Refuges #NatureRepair #restoration #conservation #biodiversity #climate

  9. We are raising funds to help save Gleniffer forest and Koalas.

    The Koala is Australia's National Icon and also now an endangered species. Recently the Forestry Corporation moved to destroy vital Koala habitat in our area – Tuckers Nob State Forest (Gleniffer), in the heart of the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP). The community rallied against it, and we have been successful in suspending logging operations.
    gofundme.com/f/voice-for-koala
    #SaveTuckersNob #NativeForests #biodiversity #Koalas #ClimateEmergency #BellingenLogging #GKNP

  10. Forestry Corp has started logging compartment 14 of the Pine Creek State Forest within the boundaries of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP).

    "The compartment is bordered on three sides by Bongil Bongil National Park. It contains a ‘koala hub’ – the only interim government policy protection afforded koala in the GKNP."

    "Fully 50-60% of every tree felled is ‘waste’ for Forestry’s purposes. Non target species such as casuarina (the primary food source of endangered glossy black cockatoo) is swept away as trash. All this is bulldozed into 3-meter high long windrows and burned. What are the CO2 losses from this practice one wonders."
    >>
    knittingnannas.org/2023/10/23/

    Pine Creek State Forest Compartments 14 - 18
    youtube.com/watch?v=oSHfMJn6sj

    #PineCreek #FriendsofPineCreek #NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #conservation #koalas #birds #cockatoo #GreatKoalaNationalPark #wildlife #connectivity #BongilBongil to #BindariNationalPark #GKNP #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis

  11. Logging in the Great Koala National Park without current threatened species surveys?

    "Koalas, greater gliders and other threatened species have not been counted since 2017, well before the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires and floods – but that has not stopped logging on an industrial scale in Clouds Creek State Forest and other native timber forests within the proposed Great Koala National Park in NSW."

    "Forestry Corp’s ‘business as usual’ is not working for the koala or other threatened species, such as the greater glider. Logging procedures must change to include up-to-date wildlife surveys and events such as major floods and bushfires."

    “It’s actually shocking that there is currently no requirement to conduct ecological surveys in our native forests prior to the commencement of logging." Greens MP and spokesperson for the Environment Sue Higginson

    “The NSW Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Agriculture should immediately require pre-logging ecological surveys to be conducted to ensure that threatened species are being protected from industrial logging."
    >>
    1earthmedia.com/lack-of-threat
    #GKNP #ThreatenedSpecies #koalas #gliders #IndustrialLogging #NSWLogging #WildlifeSurveys #MPG #MontrealProcessWorkingGroup #ExtinctionCrisis #biodiversity #habitat

  12. ..."To highlight the ongoing threat to koalas and Aboriginal culture from industrial logging of koala habitat in the Coffs Harbour region."

    "The National Parks Association had requested that City of Coffs Harbour Councillor Jonathan Cassell make a small presentation in the form of a local Gumbaynggirr designed koala (Dunggiirr) t-shirt to the Prime Minister, to highlight the ongoing threat to koalas and Aboriginal culture from industrial logging of koala habitat in the Coffs Harbour region."

    newsofthearea.com.au/albo-rece
    #koalas #habitat #IndustrialLogging #BellingenLogging #NativeForests #CoffsHarbour #GKNP

  13. The Great Koala National Park without any Koalas

    "The proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP) on the NSW Mid North Coast between Kempsey, Grafton and Armidale is home to 1 in 5 of the wild Koalas in New South Wales".
    An excellent overview by Mark Graham >
    1earthmedia.com/the-great-koal

    Taxpayers hit with $5 million bill for Forestry Corp to log koala habitat

    NSW’s 12 Month’s of Operations Plan Portal shows that Forestry Corporation NSW plans to log 30,813ha (over 17%) of state forest that constitutes the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) proposal. "
    1earthmedia.com/taxpayers-hit-
    #GKNP #logging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #Kalang #NambuccaRiver #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #water #biodiversity #extinction makers

  14. We just have to get out of logging

    "Conservationists claim harvesting operations are mismanaged, logged too intensively and come at a cost to the taxpayer and the environment."

    "Dailan Pugh from the North East Forest Alliance says the biggest problem is the loss of mature trees, which are the homes and future for wildlife...We need to give our wildlife a chance to recover, we need to value our forests for the water they yield and — most importantly — the carbon they take out of the atmosphere."

    "The NSW government has committed to creating a Great Koala National Park, which will take in existing state forests that span from the Clarence Valley to south of Coffs Harbour. Concerns over dwindling koala numbers across NSW led the Natural Resources Commission to lead independent work on how koalas responded to harvesting in state forests".

    "Victoria and WA will stop native timber logging in 2024"

    abc.net.au/news/2023-08-26/nsw
    #CourtInjunctions #Law #logging #StateForests #NewryStateForest #SaveTuckersNob #GKNP #NSW #biodiversity #climate #wildlife #NativeForest #StopLogging #koalas

  15. Half of species under threat in NSW are on course to become extinct in next 100 years

    Stop business as usual , stop logging and land clearing now!

    The review "found n a t i v e f o r e s t l o g g i n g was damaging f o r e s t e c o s y s t e m s and the habitat of native species and was scathing of the state’s offset scheme."

    "Laws meant to protect the environment in New South Wales are failing and unlikely to ever succeed unless substantially changed, according to a scathing review that warns half of the species under threat in the state are on course to become extinct within the next 100 years."

    "The independent review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act, released on Thursday, makes 58 recommendations to overhaul nature protections in the state and commit the government to preserving the environment for future generations."

    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #Biodiversity #Conservation #NSW #law #koalas #GKNP #BellingenLogging #NativeForest #Logging #NewryStateForest #StopLogging #TuckersNobSF #SaveTuckersNob #climate #extinction makers

  16. 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

  17. The Bellingen logging sites, Tuckers Nob State forest, Gleniffer Road
    It should have been a Great Koala National Park.
    One can assume that the proposed logging along Tuckers Nob State forest, compartment 26/27 will also look like this.

    #Bellingen #logging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #koalas #biodiversity #GKNP #TuckersNobSF #SaveTuckersNob #destruction
    click image!

  18. CW: Long List Showing Animal Phyla with Examples and Links

    Animal Kingdom

    Domain Eukaryota #Eukaryotes
    Kingdom Animalia #Animals
    Subdivision Bilateria BilateralSymmetry
    Phyla Nephrozoa
    Superphylum Deuterostomia
    Phylum Chordata Chordates
    Subphylum Vertebrata (Craniate)
    Superclass Agnatha
    Jawless Fish #Lamprey #Hagfish
    Infraphylum Gnathostomata
    Jawed Vertbrates
    Superclass Tetrapoda
    Class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fish #Sharks #Skates #Rays
    Class Osteichthyes Bony Vertebrates
    Subclass Actinoptetygii Ray-finned fish #Sturgeon Paddlefish Bowfin Gars
    Subclass Sarcoptetygii Lobe-finned fish
    Class Amphibia #Amphibians #Frogs
    Class Sauropsida #Reptiles #Birds
    Subclass Synapsida
    Class Mammalia (#Mammals)
    Order Monotremata (#Monotremes) #Platypus #Echidna
    Subclass Theria
    Infraclass Marsupialia (#Marsupials) Bandicoots #Kangaroos #Koalas #Opossums TasmanianDevils #Wallabies #Wombats
    Infraclass Placentalia
    Clade Atlantogenata
    SuperOrder Xenarthra
    Order Cingulata Armidillos
    Order Pilosa #Anteaters #Sloths
    SuperOrder Afrotheria
    Clade Afroinsectiphilia
    Order Afrosoricda GoldenMoles OtterShrews Tenrecs
    Order Macroscelidea ElephantShrews
    Order Tubulidentata #Aardvarks
    Clade Paenungulata
    Order Hydrocoidea Hydaxes
    Order Proboscide #Elephants
    Order Sirenia #Dugongs #Manatees
    Magnorder Boreoeutheria
    SuperOrder Euarchontoglires
    Clade Gliriformes
    Clade Glires
    Order Lagomorha #Hares #Pikas #Rabbits
    Order Rodentia #Beavers #Mice #Rats #Squirrels #Voles
    GrandOrder Euarchonta
    Order Scandentia TreeShrews
    MirOrder Primatomorpha
    Order Dermoptera Colugos
    Order Primates #Apes #Humans #Lemurs Lorises #Monkeys
    SuperOrder Laurasiatheria
    Order Eulipotyphla Gymnures #Hedgehogs #Moles Shrews Solenodons
    Order Chioptera #Bats
    GrandOrder Ferungulata
    MirOrder Ungulata
    Order Artiodactyla #Antelope #Camels #Cattle #Deer #Pigs #Whales
    Order Perissodactyla #Donkeys #Horses Rhinoceroses #Tapirs #Zebras
    MirOrder Ferae
    Order Carnivora #Bears #Cats #Dogs #Mongooses #Seals
    Order Pholidota #Pangolins

    Superphylum Ecdysozoa
    Phylum Arthropoda
    Subphylum Chelicerata
    Class Arachnida #Mites #Scorpions #Spiders
    Subphylum Myriapoda
    Class Diplopoda #Millipedes
    Class Chilopoda #Centipedes
    Subphylum Hexapoda
    Class Insecta (#Insects)
    Subclass Apterygota Primitive wingless insects with incomplete metamorphosis
    Order Archaeogantha hump-backed/jumping Bristletails
    Order Zygentoma #Silverfish Firebrats Fishmoths
    Subclass Palaeoptera Primitive winged insects, with their wings held upright or outstretched at rest and incomplete metamorphosis
    Order Ephemeroptera #Mayflies
    Order Odanata #Dragonflies #Damselflies
    Subclass Polyneoptera Winged insects, with a broad, fan-like extension to their hind wings, and incomplete metamorphosis
    Order Orthoptera BushCrickets #Crickets #Grasshoppers #Locusts
    Order Phasmida #StickInsects
    Order Plecoptera Stoneflies
    Order Dermaptera #Earwigs
    Order Blattodea #Cockroaches #Termites
    Order Embioptera Webspinners
    Order Grylloblatteria Rockcrawlers
    Order Mantophasmatodea Prayingmantids Walkingsticks
    Order Zoraptera AngelInsects
    Subclass Paraneoptera Higher insects, with mostly incomplete metamorphosis, where a nymph generally resembles the adult
    Order Hemiptera #Truebugs
    SubOrder Auchenorrhyncha #Cicadas #Leafhoppers #Planthoppers #Treehoppers Spittlebugs
    SubOrder Heteroptera
    InfraOrder Cimicomorpha #BedBugs BatBugs AssassinBugs PirateBugs
    InfraOrder Dipsocoromorpha
    InfraOrder Inicocephaloidea
    InfraOrder Gerromorpha WaterStriders
    InfraOrder Leptopodomorpha ShoreBugs SpinyShoreBugs
    InfraOrder Nepomorpha True WaterBugs
    InfraOrder Peloridimorpha
    InfraOrder Pentatomomorpha #StinkBugs FlatBugs SeedBugs
    SubOrder Sternorhyncha #Aphids ScaleInsects Whiteflies
    Order Phthiraptera sucking & biting #Lice
    Order Psocoptera Booklice Barklice
    Order Thysanoptera #Thrips
    Subclass Endopterygota Higher insects, with a clear metamorphosis from larva via a pupa to adult, also called Holometabola
    Order Coleoptera #Beetles
    Order Diptera true #Flies
    Order Hymenoptera #Ants #Bees #Wasps
    Order Lepidoptera #Butterflies #Moths
    Order Mecoptera Scorpionflies
    Order Megaloptera Alderflies
    Order Neuroptera Lacewings
    Order Siphonaptera #Fleas
    Order Raphidioptera Snakeflies
    Order Strepsiptera Twistegwingflies
    Order Trichoptera Caddisflies Sedgeflies

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  19. I chatted with Drive host Anna Vidot about a menagerie of animal shows starting in Australia on Wednesday, including #Oscar nominated #AllThatBreathes on #Foxtel; #WildlifeER on #SBS; and #TheDogHouseAU on #Network10AU. Happy viewing, and join us Mondays after 5.40pm on #ABCRadioCanberra for What to Watch This Week! Photo courtesy of SBS. #tvshows #movies #koalas #australia