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  1. Court fines Bucca blueberry farmers $100,000 for building an illegal dam

    "The unauthorised dam construction disrupted a creek and removed native vegetation on a property in Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour."

    "Two farmers have been fined $100,000 for building an unapproved dam on their property at Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour.The pair has now received regulatory approval for the dam and no orders for its removal or demolition were made." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/buc
    #water #extractivism #rivers #artificialisation #harm #NSW #MidNorthCoast #blueberries #HorticulturalIndustry #regulation #CoffsHarbour #Bucca #LandClearing

  2. Court fines Bucca blueberry farmers $100,000 for building an illegal dam

    "The unauthorised dam construction disrupted a creek and removed native vegetation on a property in Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour."

    "Two farmers have been fined $100,000 for building an unapproved dam on their property at Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour.The pair has now received regulatory approval for the dam and no orders for its removal or demolition were made." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/buc
    #water #extractivism #rivers #artificialisation #harm #NSW #MidNorthCoast #blueberries #HorticulturalIndustry #regulation #CoffsHarbour #Bucca #LandClearing

  3. Court fines Bucca blueberry farmers $100,000 for building an illegal dam

    "The unauthorised dam construction disrupted a creek and removed native vegetation on a property in Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour."

    "Two farmers have been fined $100,000 for building an unapproved dam on their property at Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour.The pair has now received regulatory approval for the dam and no orders for its removal or demolition were made." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/buc
    #water #extractivism #rivers #artificialisation #harm #NSW #MidNorthCoast #blueberries #HorticulturalIndustry #regulation #CoffsHarbour #Bucca #LandClearing

  4. Court fines Bucca blueberry farmers $100,000 for building an illegal dam

    "The unauthorised dam construction disrupted a creek and removed native vegetation on a property in Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour."

    "Two farmers have been fined $100,000 for building an unapproved dam on their property at Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour.The pair has now received regulatory approval for the dam and no orders for its removal or demolition were made." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/buc
    #water #extractivism #rivers #artificialisation #harm #NSW #MidNorthCoast #blueberries #HorticulturalIndustry #regulation #CoffsHarbour #Bucca #LandClearing

  5. Court fines Bucca blueberry farmers $100,000 for building an illegal dam

    "The unauthorised dam construction disrupted a creek and removed native vegetation on a property in Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour."

    "Two farmers have been fined $100,000 for building an unapproved dam on their property at Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour.The pair has now received regulatory approval for the dam and no orders for its removal or demolition were made." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/buc
    #water #extractivism #rivers #artificialisation #harm #NSW #MidNorthCoast #blueberries #HorticulturalIndustry #regulation #CoffsHarbour #Bucca #LandClearing

  6. "Diseases
    today reveal our close ties to animals. Viruses leap from bats to camels to humans. Cats catch the flu, and tourists pass tuberculosis to elephants. In recent years, however, something has changed. Exploitation of the environment is causing more diseases to jump species than ever before — a threat to life that rivals climate change. The science is clear: the cause of this great acceleration is us."

    "In Sentinels, Michael Dulaney takes readers from southern China to the Andes, from the Arctic to Australia, to tell the gripping stories of the people and animals at the forefront of this enormous change. Dulaney joins ecologists tracking flying foxes through Australia’s eastern forests, and frog hunters netting endangered species on Indonesian mountains. Along the way, we meet lemmings that resist global warming, coastal seals with bird flu, and genetically engineered disease-proof pigs."

    "...Sentinels is an essential reckoning with our intimate connection to nature, and a call to build a fairer world for all." >>

    #Sentinels When Diseases Spread Between Animals and Humans by Michael Dulaney >>
    scribepublications.com.au/book
    #diseases #zoonosis #biodiversity #wildlife #sprawl #LandClearing #IndustrialMeat #HWI #Books

  7. "Diseases
    today reveal our close ties to animals. Viruses leap from bats to camels to humans. Cats catch the flu, and tourists pass tuberculosis to elephants. In recent years, however, something has changed. Exploitation of the environment is causing more diseases to jump species than ever before — a threat to life that rivals climate change. The science is clear: the cause of this great acceleration is us."

    "In Sentinels, Michael Dulaney takes readers from southern China to the Andes, from the Arctic to Australia, to tell the gripping stories of the people and animals at the forefront of this enormous change. Dulaney joins ecologists tracking flying foxes through Australia’s eastern forests, and frog hunters netting endangered species on Indonesian mountains. Along the way, we meet lemmings that resist global warming, coastal seals with bird flu, and genetically engineered disease-proof pigs."

    "...Sentinels is an essential reckoning with our intimate connection to nature, and a call to build a fairer world for all." >>

    #Sentinels When Diseases Spread Between Animals and Humans by Michael Dulaney >>
    scribepublications.com.au/book
    #diseases #zoonosis #biodiversity #wildlife #sprawl #LandClearing #IndustrialMeat #HWI #Books

  8. "Diseases
    today reveal our close ties to animals. Viruses leap from bats to camels to humans. Cats catch the flu, and tourists pass tuberculosis to elephants. In recent years, however, something has changed. Exploitation of the environment is causing more diseases to jump species than ever before — a threat to life that rivals climate change. The science is clear: the cause of this great acceleration is us."

    "In Sentinels, Michael Dulaney takes readers from southern China to the Andes, from the Arctic to Australia, to tell the gripping stories of the people and animals at the forefront of this enormous change. Dulaney joins ecologists tracking flying foxes through Australia’s eastern forests, and frog hunters netting endangered species on Indonesian mountains. Along the way, we meet lemmings that resist global warming, coastal seals with bird flu, and genetically engineered disease-proof pigs."

    "...Sentinels is an essential reckoning with our intimate connection to nature, and a call to build a fairer world for all." >>

    #Sentinels When Diseases Spread Between Animals and Humans by Michael Dulaney >>
    scribepublications.com.au/book
    #diseases #zoonosis #biodiversity #wildlife #sprawl #LandClearing #IndustrialMeat #HWI #Books

  9. "Diseases
    today reveal our close ties to animals. Viruses leap from bats to camels to humans. Cats catch the flu, and tourists pass tuberculosis to elephants. In recent years, however, something has changed. Exploitation of the environment is causing more diseases to jump species than ever before — a threat to life that rivals climate change. The science is clear: the cause of this great acceleration is us."

    "In Sentinels, Michael Dulaney takes readers from southern China to the Andes, from the Arctic to Australia, to tell the gripping stories of the people and animals at the forefront of this enormous change. Dulaney joins ecologists tracking flying foxes through Australia’s eastern forests, and frog hunters netting endangered species on Indonesian mountains. Along the way, we meet lemmings that resist global warming, coastal seals with bird flu, and genetically engineered disease-proof pigs."

    "...Sentinels is an essential reckoning with our intimate connection to nature, and a call to build a fairer world for all." >>

    #Sentinels When Diseases Spread Between Animals and Humans by Michael Dulaney >>
    scribepublications.com.au/book
    #diseases #zoonosis #biodiversity #wildlife #sprawl #LandClearing #IndustrialMeat #HWI #Books

  10. "Diseases
    today reveal our close ties to animals. Viruses leap from bats to camels to humans. Cats catch the flu, and tourists pass tuberculosis to elephants. In recent years, however, something has changed. Exploitation of the environment is causing more diseases to jump species than ever before — a threat to life that rivals climate change. The science is clear: the cause of this great acceleration is us."

    "In Sentinels, Michael Dulaney takes readers from southern China to the Andes, from the Arctic to Australia, to tell the gripping stories of the people and animals at the forefront of this enormous change. Dulaney joins ecologists tracking flying foxes through Australia’s eastern forests, and frog hunters netting endangered species on Indonesian mountains. Along the way, we meet lemmings that resist global warming, coastal seals with bird flu, and genetically engineered disease-proof pigs."

    "...Sentinels is an essential reckoning with our intimate connection to nature, and a call to build a fairer world for all." >>

    #Sentinels When Diseases Spread Between Animals and Humans by Michael Dulaney >>
    scribepublications.com.au/book
    #diseases #zoonosis #biodiversity #wildlife #sprawl #LandClearing #IndustrialMeat #HWI #Books

  11. The role of ecological disruption in disease emergence.

    * "Global commodity markets drive deforestation in Australia, one byproduct of which is the spillover of Hendra virus."

    "More than one in five bat species globally are under severe threat from human pressures such as habitat loss and degradation, climate change, overexploitation and disease. Their population numbers and collective health, including the constellation of viruses they carry as a group, respond to these disturbances. Australian flying foxes are no different. The emergence of Hendra virus suggested that something had tipped the ecological balance."

    A wildlife ecologist believes "that the virus was being driven out by rapid changes in bat ecology, specifically in the loss of trees that traditionally provided them with food."

    "In the short history of European settlement in Australia, around half the woodlands and forests have been modified or removed for agriculture or urban development. At the turn of the century, the period when things began to change in the researchers’ accumulated data, Australia’s deforestation rate was the sixth highest in the world."

    "It is no coincidence that, of all places, Hendra virus emerged in Queensland. Nowhere else in the country had seen more of its blossoming native trees removed.In some parts of subtropical Australia, more than 95% of their winter foraging area has been destroyed."

    "This modified interface between people, horses and bats explain why the disease was being detected with a greater frequency." >>
    theguardian.com/science/2026/a
    #pathogens #LandClearing #DiseaseEmergence #bats #horses #sprawl #HabitatDestruction #wildlife #harm #destruction #extractivism #deforestation #beef #meat #logging #mining #roads #hendra #VirusSpillover #forests #HWI #Australia

    Image: Cleared land and native vegetation in the Brigalow Belt in central Queensland. Photograph: Auscape/UIG/Getty Images/ Guardian

  12. The role of ecological disruption in disease emergence.

    * "Global commodity markets drive deforestation in Australia, one byproduct of which is the spillover of Hendra virus."

    "More than one in five bat species globally are under severe threat from human pressures such as habitat loss and degradation, climate change, overexploitation and disease. Their population numbers and collective health, including the constellation of viruses they carry as a group, respond to these disturbances. Australian flying foxes are no different. The emergence of Hendra virus suggested that something had tipped the ecological balance."

    A wildlife ecologist believes "that the virus was being driven out by rapid changes in bat ecology, specifically in the loss of trees that traditionally provided them with food."

    "In the short history of European settlement in Australia, around half the woodlands and forests have been modified or removed for agriculture or urban development. At the turn of the century, the period when things began to change in the researchers’ accumulated data, Australia’s deforestation rate was the sixth highest in the world."

    "It is no coincidence that, of all places, Hendra virus emerged in Queensland. Nowhere else in the country had seen more of its blossoming native trees removed.In some parts of subtropical Australia, more than 95% of their winter foraging area has been destroyed."

    "This modified interface between people, horses and bats explain why the disease was being detected with a greater frequency." >>
    theguardian.com/science/2026/a
    #pathogens #LandClearing #DiseaseEmergence #bats #horses #sprawl #HabitatDestruction #wildlife #harm #destruction #extractivism #deforestation #beef #meat #logging #mining #roads #hendra #VirusSpillover #forests #HWI #Australia

    Image: Cleared land and native vegetation in the Brigalow Belt in central Queensland. Photograph: Auscape/UIG/Getty Images/ Guardian

  13. The role of ecological disruption in disease emergence.

    * "Global commodity markets drive deforestation in Australia, one byproduct of which is the spillover of Hendra virus."

    "More than one in five bat species globally are under severe threat from human pressures such as habitat loss and degradation, climate change, overexploitation and disease. Their population numbers and collective health, including the constellation of viruses they carry as a group, respond to these disturbances. Australian flying foxes are no different. The emergence of Hendra virus suggested that something had tipped the ecological balance."

    A wildlife ecologist believes "that the virus was being driven out by rapid changes in bat ecology, specifically in the loss of trees that traditionally provided them with food."

    "In the short history of European settlement in Australia, around half the woodlands and forests have been modified or removed for agriculture or urban development. At the turn of the century, the period when things began to change in the researchers’ accumulated data, Australia’s deforestation rate was the sixth highest in the world."

    "It is no coincidence that, of all places, Hendra virus emerged in Queensland. Nowhere else in the country had seen more of its blossoming native trees removed.In some parts of subtropical Australia, more than 95% of their winter foraging area has been destroyed."

    "This modified interface between people, horses and bats explain why the disease was being detected with a greater frequency." >>
    theguardian.com/science/2026/a
    #pathogens #LandClearing #DiseaseEmergence #bats #horses #sprawl #HabitatDestruction #wildlife #harm #destruction #extractivism #deforestation #beef #meat #logging #mining #roads #hendra #VirusSpillover #forests #HWI #Australia

    Image: Cleared land and native vegetation in the Brigalow Belt in central Queensland. Photograph: Auscape/UIG/Getty Images/ Guardian

  14. The role of ecological disruption in disease emergence.

    * "Global commodity markets drive deforestation in Australia, one byproduct of which is the spillover of Hendra virus."

    "More than one in five bat species globally are under severe threat from human pressures such as habitat loss and degradation, climate change, overexploitation and disease. Their population numbers and collective health, including the constellation of viruses they carry as a group, respond to these disturbances. Australian flying foxes are no different. The emergence of Hendra virus suggested that something had tipped the ecological balance."

    A wildlife ecologist believes "that the virus was being driven out by rapid changes in bat ecology, specifically in the loss of trees that traditionally provided them with food."

    "In the short history of European settlement in Australia, around half the woodlands and forests have been modified or removed for agriculture or urban development. At the turn of the century, the period when things began to change in the researchers’ accumulated data, Australia’s deforestation rate was the sixth highest in the world."

    "It is no coincidence that, of all places, Hendra virus emerged in Queensland. Nowhere else in the country had seen more of its blossoming native trees removed.In some parts of subtropical Australia, more than 95% of their winter foraging area has been destroyed."

    "This modified interface between people, horses and bats explain why the disease was being detected with a greater frequency." >>
    theguardian.com/science/2026/a
    #pathogens #LandClearing #DiseaseEmergence #bats #horses #sprawl #HabitatDestruction #wildlife #harm #destruction #extractivism #deforestation #beef #meat #logging #mining #roads #hendra #VirusSpillover #forests #HWI #Australia

    Image: Cleared land and native vegetation in the Brigalow Belt in central Queensland. Photograph: Auscape/UIG/Getty Images/ Guardian

  15. The role of ecological disruption in disease emergence.

    * "Global commodity markets drive deforestation in Australia, one byproduct of which is the spillover of Hendra virus."

    "More than one in five bat species globally are under severe threat from human pressures such as habitat loss and degradation, climate change, overexploitation and disease. Their population numbers and collective health, including the constellation of viruses they carry as a group, respond to these disturbances. Australian flying foxes are no different. The emergence of Hendra virus suggested that something had tipped the ecological balance."

    A wildlife ecologist believes "that the virus was being driven out by rapid changes in bat ecology, specifically in the loss of trees that traditionally provided them with food."

    "In the short history of European settlement in Australia, around half the woodlands and forests have been modified or removed for agriculture or urban development. At the turn of the century, the period when things began to change in the researchers’ accumulated data, Australia’s deforestation rate was the sixth highest in the world."

    "It is no coincidence that, of all places, Hendra virus emerged in Queensland. Nowhere else in the country had seen more of its blossoming native trees removed.In some parts of subtropical Australia, more than 95% of their winter foraging area has been destroyed."

    "This modified interface between people, horses and bats explain why the disease was being detected with a greater frequency." >>
    theguardian.com/science/2026/a
    #pathogens #LandClearing #DiseaseEmergence #bats #horses #sprawl #HabitatDestruction #wildlife #harm #destruction #extractivism #deforestation #beef #meat #logging #mining #roads #hendra #VirusSpillover #forests #HWI #Australia

    Image: Cleared land and native vegetation in the Brigalow Belt in central Queensland. Photograph: Auscape/UIG/Getty Images/ Guardian

  16. Broadscale clearing in NSW

    'Invasive native species' "is a term unique to NSW and it's creating a legal pathway to destroy native vegetation."

    "Land-clearing concerns spark call to scrap NSW invasive native species code
    It has released a report showing more than 3.2 million hectares of native vegetation in NSW are approved for land clearing under the INS code."

    "NSW government data released last week showed land-clearing rates rose 16 per cent from 2023 to 2024, with nearly half of authorised native vegetation clearing carried out under the INS provisions."

    "The term 'invasive native species' is meant to conjure up images of a threatening, nasty wasteland that we need to somehow improve … but in fact, it's become a backdoor method for broadscale clearing, as far as I'm concerned." Professor Eldridge >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/nat
    #LandClearing #NSW #pastoralism #overgrazing #meat #extractivism #Conservation #INS #biodiversity #harm #extinctions #destruction #governance

  17. Broadscale clearing in NSW

    'Invasive native species' "is a term unique to NSW and it's creating a legal pathway to destroy native vegetation."

    "Land-clearing concerns spark call to scrap NSW invasive native species code
    It has released a report showing more than 3.2 million hectares of native vegetation in NSW are approved for land clearing under the INS code."

    "NSW government data released last week showed land-clearing rates rose 16 per cent from 2023 to 2024, with nearly half of authorised native vegetation clearing carried out under the INS provisions."

    "The term 'invasive native species' is meant to conjure up images of a threatening, nasty wasteland that we need to somehow improve … but in fact, it's become a backdoor method for broadscale clearing, as far as I'm concerned." Professor Eldridge >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/nat
    #LandClearing #NSW #pastoralism #overgrazing #meat #extractivism #Conservation #INS #biodiversity #harm #extinctions #destruction #governance

  18. Broadscale clearing in NSW

    'Invasive native species' "is a term unique to NSW and it's creating a legal pathway to destroy native vegetation."

    "Land-clearing concerns spark call to scrap NSW invasive native species code
    It has released a report showing more than 3.2 million hectares of native vegetation in NSW are approved for land clearing under the INS code."

    "NSW government data released last week showed land-clearing rates rose 16 per cent from 2023 to 2024, with nearly half of authorised native vegetation clearing carried out under the INS provisions."

    "The term 'invasive native species' is meant to conjure up images of a threatening, nasty wasteland that we need to somehow improve … but in fact, it's become a backdoor method for broadscale clearing, as far as I'm concerned." Professor Eldridge >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/nat
    #LandClearing #NSW #pastoralism #overgrazing #meat #extractivism #Conservation #INS #biodiversity #harm #extinctions #destruction #governance

  19. Broadscale clearing in NSW

    'Invasive native species' "is a term unique to NSW and it's creating a legal pathway to destroy native vegetation."

    "Land-clearing concerns spark call to scrap NSW invasive native species code
    It has released a report showing more than 3.2 million hectares of native vegetation in NSW are approved for land clearing under the INS code."

    "NSW government data released last week showed land-clearing rates rose 16 per cent from 2023 to 2024, with nearly half of authorised native vegetation clearing carried out under the INS provisions."

    "The term 'invasive native species' is meant to conjure up images of a threatening, nasty wasteland that we need to somehow improve … but in fact, it's become a backdoor method for broadscale clearing, as far as I'm concerned." Professor Eldridge >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/nat
    #LandClearing #NSW #pastoralism #overgrazing #meat #extractivism #Conservation #INS #biodiversity #harm #extinctions #destruction #governance

  20. Broadscale clearing in NSW

    'Invasive native species' "is a term unique to NSW and it's creating a legal pathway to destroy native vegetation."

    "Land-clearing concerns spark call to scrap NSW invasive native species code
    It has released a report showing more than 3.2 million hectares of native vegetation in NSW are approved for land clearing under the INS code."

    "NSW government data released last week showed land-clearing rates rose 16 per cent from 2023 to 2024, with nearly half of authorised native vegetation clearing carried out under the INS provisions."

    "The term 'invasive native species' is meant to conjure up images of a threatening, nasty wasteland that we need to somehow improve … but in fact, it's become a backdoor method for broadscale clearing, as far as I'm concerned." Professor Eldridge >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/nat
    #LandClearing #NSW #pastoralism #overgrazing #meat #extractivism #Conservation #INS #biodiversity #harm #extinctions #destruction #governance

  21. “Runaway” land-clearing in NSW

    "Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed e v e r y d a y in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in."

    “Given there’s been no policy change since the government were elected in 2023 it’s no surprise to see that land clearing hasn’t been fixed."

    “Every hectare of trees bulldozed means fewer homes for wildlife and more carbon pollution in the atmosphere." >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

  22. “Runaway” land-clearing in NSW

    "Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed e v e r y d a y in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in."

    “Given there’s been no policy change since the government were elected in 2023 it’s no surprise to see that land clearing hasn’t been fixed."

    “Every hectare of trees bulldozed means fewer homes for wildlife and more carbon pollution in the atmosphere." >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

  23. “Runaway” land-clearing in NSW

    "Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed e v e r y d a y in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in."

    “Given there’s been no policy change since the government were elected in 2023 it’s no surprise to see that land clearing hasn’t been fixed."

    “Every hectare of trees bulldozed means fewer homes for wildlife and more carbon pollution in the atmosphere." >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

  24. “Runaway” land-clearing in NSW

    "Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed e v e r y d a y in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in."

    “Given there’s been no policy change since the government were elected in 2023 it’s no surprise to see that land clearing hasn’t been fixed."

    “Every hectare of trees bulldozed means fewer homes for wildlife and more carbon pollution in the atmosphere." >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

  25. “Runaway” land-clearing in NSW

    "Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed e v e r y d a y in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in."

    “Given there’s been no policy change since the government were elected in 2023 it’s no surprise to see that land clearing hasn’t been fixed."

    “Every hectare of trees bulldozed means fewer homes for wildlife and more carbon pollution in the atmosphere." >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

  26. 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/bri
    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #LandClearing #laws #regulation #sprawl #koalas #extinction

  27. 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/bri
    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #LandClearing #laws #regulation #sprawl #koalas #extinction

  28. 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/bri
    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #LandClearing #laws #regulation #sprawl #koalas #extinction

  29. 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/bri
    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #LandClearing #laws #regulation #sprawl #koalas #extinction

  30. 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/bri
    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #LandClearing #laws #regulation #sprawl #koalas #extinction

  31. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  32. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  33. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  34. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  35. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  36. Tintinara farm owner convicted over clearing 112 hectares of bushland

    The owner of a farm in South Australia’s south-east has been fined $84,000 for illegal land clearing —…
    #NewsBeep #News #Business #AU #Australia #Ballarat #cattle #landclearing #nativevegetationfund #sheep #southaustralianenvironmentresourcesanddevelopmentcourt #tintinara
    newsbeep.com/au/594976/

  37. Farmer "preferred profit and commercial interest over the environment."

    The owner of Treetops Estate Pty Ltd has been fined $84,000 for illegal land clearing — much less than the $2.2 million it would have cost him if he had obtained a permit for the work. The farmer was convicted over clearing 112 hectares of bushland.

    "The clearing significantly reduced high-value remnant vegetation and the habitat of 18 species of native birds, including three of conservational significance: peregrine falcon, purple-gaped honeyeater and black-chinned honeyeater." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/far
    #biodiversity #LandClearing #deforestation #farming #crime #CostOfDoingBusiness #extinction #birds #EPBCact

  38. Farmer "preferred profit and commercial interest over the environment."

    The owner of Treetops Estate Pty Ltd has been fined $84,000 for illegal land clearing — much less than the $2.2 million it would have cost him if he had obtained a permit for the work. The farmer was convicted over clearing 112 hectares of bushland.

    "The clearing significantly reduced high-value remnant vegetation and the habitat of 18 species of native birds, including three of conservational significance: peregrine falcon, purple-gaped honeyeater and black-chinned honeyeater." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/far
    #biodiversity #LandClearing #deforestation #farming #crime #CostOfDoingBusiness #extinction #birds #EPBCact

  39. Farmer "preferred profit and commercial interest over the environment."

    The owner of Treetops Estate Pty Ltd has been fined $84,000 for illegal land clearing — much less than the $2.2 million it would have cost him if he had obtained a permit for the work. The farmer was convicted over clearing 112 hectares of bushland.

    "The clearing significantly reduced high-value remnant vegetation and the habitat of 18 species of native birds, including three of conservational significance: peregrine falcon, purple-gaped honeyeater and black-chinned honeyeater." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/far
    #biodiversity #LandClearing #deforestation #farming #crime #CostOfDoingBusiness #extinction #birds #EPBCact

  40. Farmer "preferred profit and commercial interest over the environment."

    The owner of Treetops Estate Pty Ltd has been fined $84,000 for illegal land clearing — much less than the $2.2 million it would have cost him if he had obtained a permit for the work. The farmer was convicted over clearing 112 hectares of bushland.

    "The clearing significantly reduced high-value remnant vegetation and the habitat of 18 species of native birds, including three of conservational significance: peregrine falcon, purple-gaped honeyeater and black-chinned honeyeater." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/far
    #biodiversity #LandClearing #deforestation #farming #crime #CostOfDoingBusiness #extinction #birds #EPBCact

  41. Farmer "preferred profit and commercial interest over the environment."

    The owner of Treetops Estate Pty Ltd has been fined $84,000 for illegal land clearing — much less than the $2.2 million it would have cost him if he had obtained a permit for the work. The farmer was convicted over clearing 112 hectares of bushland.

    "The clearing significantly reduced high-value remnant vegetation and the habitat of 18 species of native birds, including three of conservational significance: peregrine falcon, purple-gaped honeyeater and black-chinned honeyeater." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/far
    #biodiversity #LandClearing #deforestation #farming #crime #CostOfDoingBusiness #extinction #birds #EPBCact

  42. Dreamworld Gold Coast
    without the koalas

    Koala 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/dre
    #biodiversity #koalas #sprawl #Cars #traffic #CarDependence #CarParks #Coomera #LandClearing

  43. Dreamworld Gold Coast
    without the koalas

    Koala 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/dre
    #biodiversity #koalas #sprawl #Cars #traffic #CarDependence #CarParks #Coomera #LandClearing

  44. Dreamworld Gold Coast
    without the koalas

    Koala 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/dre
    #biodiversity #koalas #sprawl #Cars #traffic #CarDependence #CarParks #Coomera #LandClearing

  45. Dreamworld Gold Coast
    without the koalas

    Koala 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/dre
    #biodiversity #koalas #sprawl #Cars #traffic #CarDependence #CarParks #Coomera #LandClearing

  46. Dreamworld Gold Coast
    without the koalas

    Koala 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." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/dre
    #biodiversity #koalas #sprawl #Cars #traffic #CarDependence #CarParks #Coomera #LandClearing

  47. Scientists ‘crack the code’ as endangered palm cockatoo chick hatches in artificial nest

    There is no greater test of a home makeover than whether its most discerning residents choose to move…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #ApudthamaTraditionalOwners #capeyorkpeninsula #environment #landclearing #logging #PeopleforWildlife #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/501690/