#loggingindustry — Public Fediverse posts

Is pesticide spray on food leading to movement disorders?
Precautionary principle - ban paraquat

"Paraquat and the related herbicide diquat are fast-acting weedkillers that farming groups say are essential for controlling resistant weeds."

"Multiple epidemiological studies from different groups of scientists have shown that people exposed to paraquat have around a three times greater risk [of developing Parkinson's disease]."

'The chemicals have been under review by the APVMA since 1997 and they are banned in the EU, the UK and China due to their toxicity.'

"There are now multiple epidemiological studies or real-world exposure studies that have suggested that paraquat increases the risk of Parkinson's disease by around threefold...Like Australia, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to allow restricted use of the pesticide despite ongoing health concerns." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/neurologists-not-consulted-in-paraquat-weed-killer-review/106758882

Visualising the “blanket of agricultural toxins” from space
This Yellow Glyphosate Map Reveals Where Farmers in the Netherlands Spray the Controversial Herbicide >>
https://www.europeanpressprize.com/article/this-yellow-glyphosate-map-reveals-where-farmers-in-the-netherlands-spray-the-controversial-herbicide/
#food #pesticides #glyphosate #Roundup #paraquat #weedkillers #SprayDrift #volatilisation #neurotoxicity #MovementDisorders #toxins #harm #farm #workers #residents #councils #LoggingIndustry #science #APVMA #regulation #Australia #SoilDegradation #water

Court makes landmark decision after illegal logging in NSW state forest
"Trees were illegally felled in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, north of Dorrigo." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-01/wild-cattle-creek-state-forest-illegal-logging-court-decision/106514766
#loggingIndustry #FCNSW #harm #crime #Coffsharbour #Dorrigo #NSW #biodiversity #Gumbaynggirr #FirstNationsPeoples

Taxpayers are ‘literally paying’ to cut down forests sustaining koalas and greater gliders and providing clean drinking water

"The state forestry corporation has had losses totalling $72m in its native hardwood forest division since 2020-21.Two reports revealing the extent of financial losses from native forest logging in New South Wales raise questions about the economic viability of the industry."

"...Public native forestry struggled financially, offering “poor returns to taxpayers at best. The government should look at the economic costs and benefits of the native forestry business in NSW and consider whether community welfare is served by continuing this practice.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/18/bad-deal-for-taxpayers-huge-losses-from-nsw-forest-logging-reports-reveal
#biodiversity #ClimateEmergency #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #FCNSW #EndangeredSpecies #koalas #gliders #deforestation #governance #harm #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #tax

Greater gliders
"were once common along the east coast, but have since disappeared.. more than half the total population has been wiped out in just over two decades."

"Hundreds of endangered gliders have been sighted in NSW forests earmarked for logging. Surveys conducted by community conservationists documented more than 10 times the number of critical glider "den trees", and more than three times the number of gliders themselves, compared to those found by Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) in its mandated pre-logging surveys.The logging in those forests is planned to continue despite the regulator being told about the sightings."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-17/endangered-greater-gliders-nsw-forests-logging-conservationist/104478304
#gliders #koalas #biodiversity #FCNSW #loggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #harm #destruction #extinction #NSWLogging #TallagandaSF #bulga #CitizenScience #BioNet #extinction makers

Halt all operations in public forests

"Margo Kingston was arrested on Thursday after locking herself on to machinery at a protest against logging in Bulga state forest in mid-north NSW."

“I’m taking this action to protect this beautiful and biodiverse forest which is full of koalas and greater gliders,” she said before her arrest."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/10/margo-kingston-arrested-nsw-anti-logging-protest-ntwnfb
#loggingIndustry #NSWLogging #ProtectProtest #bulga #koalas #gliders #NatureNegative #CitizenScience #bioNet #FossilFuel #machinery #biodiversity #climate #MidNorthCoast #StopNativeForestLogging

Will the government make the southern greater glider extinct?

Logging in the state-owned Bulga forestry, inland from Port Macquarie, is just 400km from global nature-positive summit the government is hosting.>>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/08/environment-summit-taking-place-in-sydney-while-greater-glider-habitat-is-logged-is-bullshit-advocates-say
#gliders #destruction #bulga #NaturePositive #biodiversity #BiodiversityCrisis #Australia #CitizenScience #loggingIndustry #NSWLogging #FCNSW #LoggingImpacts

Raising awareness about the plight of an endangered animal - the greater glider

“Most Australians don’t know that the species even exists..."

"Habitat destruction, including land clearing, logging and climate-fuelled bushfires have seen greater glider populations decline by 80% in some areas over recent decades...We need people power to help save the world’s largest gliding marsupial and all our threatened species. That starts with stronger national environment laws that close loopholes and actually protect our unique species.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/03/cuddles-and-drama-as-live-stream-shows-secret-life-of-ridiculously-fluffy-greater-glider
#gliders #TallagandaSF #loggingIndustry #wildlife #EcologicalLiteracy #destruction #laws #NSW

Promises of a Greater Glider Forest park,
a Great Koala park
and then it's just logging as usual

“It’s the biggest gliding possum in the world. It’s up to a metre long … It’s got this massive floppy tail. It’s got big floppy ears. It looks like a cross between a koala and a possum."

"Conservationists are warning that forest close to endangered greater glider populations is being logged...The national greater glider population is estimated to have halved in little more than 20 years, and it was listed under national environmental laws as endangered in 2022."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/10/endangered-greater-glider-australia-queensland-conservation
#gliders #biodiversity #loggingIndustry #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #GreaterGliderForestpark #destruction #Australia #governance #EPBCAct