#loggingandlandclearing — Public Fediverse posts
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Gangs taking villages on Brazil-Peru border ‘hostage’, say Indigenous leaders
By Jonathan WattsDelegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon Forest
#Amazonrainforest #Americas #Indigenouspeoples #Brazil #Peru #Drugstrade #Loggingandlandclearing #Environmentalactivism #Worldnews #Deforestation #TheGuardian #JonathanWatts
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Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America
By Mark HillsdonIn Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend on it
#Environment #Deforestation #Loggingandlandclearing #Guatemala #Treesandforests #Americas #Conservation #Worldnews #TheGuardian #MarkHillsdon
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NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss
By Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondentDecline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetation
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report
#NewSouthWales #Environment #NewSouthWalespolitics #Australianews #Treesandforests #Loggingandlandclearing #TheGuardian #LisaCoxEnvironment #climatecorrespondent
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NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report #NewSouthWales #Environment #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #TreesAndForests #LoggingAndLandclearing
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NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report #NewSouthWales #Environment #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #TreesAndForests #LoggingAndLandclearing
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EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/epa-rollback-endangered-habitats-logging-mining #TrumpAdministration #EndangeredHabitats #EndangeredSpecies #Environment #UsNews #Business #LoggingAndLandclearing #Mining #Mining
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EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/epa-rollback-endangered-habitats-logging-mining #TrumpAdministration #EndangeredHabitats #EndangeredSpecies #Environment #UsNews #Business #LoggingAndLandclearing #Mining #Mining
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What is killing Sumatra’s elephants? The battle to save one of our rarest animals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/28/elephants-deaths-spur-move-for-sanctuary-in-indonesia-aoe #Indonesia #Wildlife #WorldNews #Environment #GlobalDevelopment #Animals #AsiaPacific #Conservation #Biodiversity #PalmOil #LoggingAndLandclearing #ConservationAndIndigenousPeople #TreesAndForests #DronesNonmilitary
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Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/rainforests-pushed-to-breaking-point-by-new-demands-for-resources-report-says #Deforestation #AmazonRainforest #Mining #Farming #LoggingAndLandclearing #Environment #Biofuels #Oil #Conservation #TreesAndForests
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Drax to stop burning controversial Canadian wood within next year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/26/drax-power-plant-to-stop-burning-controversial-canadian-wood-within-next-year #Drax #EnergyIndustry #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #Yorkshire #Energy #Canada #Business #UkNews #Environment
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Drax to stop burning controversial Canadian wood within next year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/26/drax-power-plant-to-stop-burning-controversial-canadian-wood-within-next-year #Drax #EnergyIndustry #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #Yorkshire #Energy #Canada #Business #UkNews #Environment
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Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow Alcoa to keep clearing WA forest, document reveals https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/21/australia-us-minerals-underpinned-decision-to-allow-alcoa-to-keep-clearing-wa-forest-document-reveals #WesternAustralia #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #Environment #AustraliaNews #Mining #Business #Business #ClimateCrisis
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Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow Alcoa to keep clearing WA forest, document reveals https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/21/australia-us-minerals-underpinned-decision-to-allow-alcoa-to-keep-clearing-wa-forest-document-reveals #WesternAustralia #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #Environment #AustraliaNews #Mining #Business #Business #ClimateCrisis
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US mining company Alcoa hit with ‘unprecedented’ $55m penalty for illegal clearing of WA jarrah forests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/us-mining-company-alcoa-penalty-for-clearing-wa-jarrah-forests-bauxite-mining #Environment #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #AustraliaNews #WesternAustralia #Mining #Birds
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US mining company Alcoa hit with ‘unprecedented’ $55m penalty for illegal clearing of WA jarrah forests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/us-mining-company-alcoa-penalty-for-clearing-wa-jarrah-forests-bauxite-mining #Environment #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #AustraliaNews #WesternAustralia #Mining #Birds
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Bunnings accused of ‘greenwashing’ timber amid concerns about supplier’s illegal logging https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/bunnings-accused-of-greenwashing-timber-amid-concerns-about-suppliers-logging #NewSouthWales #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #AustraliaNews #Environment #AustralianCompetitionAndConsumerCommissionAccc
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Bunnings accused of ‘greenwashing’ timber amid concerns about supplier’s illegal logging https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/bunnings-accused-of-greenwashing-timber-amid-concerns-about-suppliers-logging #NewSouthWales #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #AustraliaNews #Environment #AustralianCompetitionAndConsumerCommissionAccc
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Former NSW Labor minister condemns Forestry Corporation after greater glider ‘den trees’ found at planned logging site https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/15/nsw-logging-halted-greater-glider-den-trees-found #NewSouthWalesPolitics #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #Wildlife #Environment #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
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Ten Sydney harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat cleared under Albanese government in 2025, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/13/threatened-species-habitat-destruction-australia-15-year-high #LoggingAndLandclearing #ExtinctWildlife #Environment #AustraliaNews #TreesAndForests #Biodiversity #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Conservation
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NSW Forestry born-again as eco-forestry looking for new markets
"The forestry industry in northern NSW is considering new financial opportunities in eco-forestry and environmental markets."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-16/great-koala-national-park-forestry-future-carbon-market/105954932
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NSWLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #LoggingIndustry #MidNorthCoast #GKNP #KoalaTouristPark #firebreaks #LoggingAndLandclearing #extractivism #MinisterialDiscretion #EPBCActImage: The Bongil Bongil National Park has been included in the new Great Koala National Park, but the logging monster is always lurking... (Art by 'Danka')
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NSW Forestry born-again as eco-forestry looking for new markets
"The forestry industry in northern NSW is considering new financial opportunities in eco-forestry and environmental markets."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-16/great-koala-national-park-forestry-future-carbon-market/105954932
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NSWLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #LoggingIndustry #MidNorthCoast #GKNP #KoalaTouristPark #firebreaks #LoggingAndLandclearing #extractivism #MinisterialDiscretion #EPBCActImage: The Bongil Bongil National Park has been included in the new Great Koala National Park, but the logging monster is always lurking... (Art by 'Danka')
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Deforestation kills
"Deforestation is responsible for more than a third of the warming experienced by people living in the affected regions. Deforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/27/deforestation-has-killed-half-a-million-people-in-past-20-years-study-finds
#deforestation #LoggingAndLandclearing #LoggingImpacts #ExtremeHeat #HeatStress #mortality #BiodiversityCrisis #canopy #FossilFuels #ClimateDisruption #degradation #harm -
Deforestation kills
"Deforestation is responsible for more than a third of the warming experienced by people living in the affected regions. Deforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/27/deforestation-has-killed-half-a-million-people-in-past-20-years-study-finds
#deforestation #LoggingAndLandclearing #LoggingImpacts #ExtremeHeat #HeatStress #mortality #BiodiversityCrisis #canopy #FossilFuels #ClimateDisruption #degradation #harm -
Environmentalist Mark Graham barred from Forestry Corp offices after protest
"Justice Richard Weinstein granted bail on the condition that Mr Graham not travel within half a kilometre of the Forestry Corporation offices."
"Justice Weinstein remarked that a Forestry Corporation vehicle was akin to "a red flag to a bull" for the defendant. It's a very volatile situation up there."
"Mr Graham will return to Coffs Harbour Local Court on September 17."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-20/environmentalist-mark-graham-bail-coffs-harbour/105587574
#LoggingAndLandclearing #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #biodiversity #CoffsHarbour #climatedisruption #ProtectProtest -
Environmentalist Mark Graham barred from Forestry Corp offices after protest
"Justice Richard Weinstein granted bail on the condition that Mr Graham not travel within half a kilometre of the Forestry Corporation offices."
"Justice Weinstein remarked that a Forestry Corporation vehicle was akin to "a red flag to a bull" for the defendant. It's a very volatile situation up there."
"Mr Graham will return to Coffs Harbour Local Court on September 17."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-20/environmentalist-mark-graham-bail-coffs-harbour/105587574
#LoggingAndLandclearing #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #biodiversity #CoffsHarbour #climatedisruption #ProtectProtest -
Clearing rainforest for cattle farming is far worse for nature than previously thought, finds landmark bird survey
"In the largest ever survey of rainforest birdlife, scientists have discovered that deforestation to create pastureland in Colombia is causing around 60% more damage to biodiversity than previously estimated...We found that the biodiversity loss caused by clearing rainforest for pastureland is being massively underestimated.”
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https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/clearing-rainforest-for-cattle-farming-is-far-worse-for-nature-than-previously-thought-finds
#meat #food #deforestation #cattle #pasture #biodiversity #birds #harm #pastoralism #plantations #LoggingAndLandclearing -
Clearing rainforest for cattle farming is far worse for nature than previously thought, finds landmark bird survey
"In the largest ever survey of rainforest birdlife, scientists have discovered that deforestation to create pastureland in Colombia is causing around 60% more damage to biodiversity than previously estimated...We found that the biodiversity loss caused by clearing rainforest for pastureland is being massively underestimated.”
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https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/clearing-rainforest-for-cattle-farming-is-far-worse-for-nature-than-previously-thought-finds
#meat #food #deforestation #cattle #pasture #biodiversity #birds #harm #pastoralism #plantations #LoggingAndLandclearing -
Coal cooks the climate
Logging wipes out endangered species"Conservationists have called on the environment minister, Murray Watt, to intervene after satellite images appear to show clearing in threatened species habitat at the site of a proposed coalmine in Queensland."
"We need to preserve these sites because on our country already there are that many mines destroying country, why do we need one more?”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/22/murray-watt-urged-to-intervene-after-accusations-proposed-queensland-coalmine-clearing-land-in-greater-glider-habitat
#Biodiversity #conservation #FossilFuels #coal #ThreatenedSpecies #gliders #laws #LoggingAndLandclearing #destruction -
Coal cooks the climate
Logging wipes out endangered species"Conservationists have called on the environment minister, Murray Watt, to intervene after satellite images appear to show clearing in threatened species habitat at the site of a proposed coalmine in Queensland."
"We need to preserve these sites because on our country already there are that many mines destroying country, why do we need one more?”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/22/murray-watt-urged-to-intervene-after-accusations-proposed-queensland-coalmine-clearing-land-in-greater-glider-habitat
#Biodiversity #conservation #FossilFuels #coal #ThreatenedSpecies #gliders #laws #LoggingAndLandclearing #destruction