#loggingindustry — Public Fediverse posts

'Thinning' native forest and wildlife: 'Logging by another name'

"Scrutiny over WA government's decision to 'eco-thin' landmark South West forests."

"These forests, globally recognised biodiversity hotspots, were clear-felled by loggers for almost 200 years, until native logging was banned entirely in 2024."

"A South West landowner says contractors are ripping up trees without thought, and an independent scientist argues there is no scientific basis for the practice...It does not seem like much has changed from the preceding years of native logging.They don't care about the environment; [the contractors] are just ripping up trees for money."

"Almost 146,000 hectares of state forests and timber reserves have been earmarked as potentially suitable for ecological thinning."

A globally acknowledged expert in conservation biology and landscape ecology, Professor Lindenmayer said there was limited scientific evidence to support ecological thinning. The reality is that forests have been in Australia for about 180 million years and that means that people haven't been messing with them for 179,930 years, and they've survived very well … without those kinds of interventions." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/ecological-thinning-experiment-wa-native-logging/107071374
#LoggingIndustry #NativeForests #biodiversity #glyphosate #pollution #deforestation #extractivism #thinning #wildlife #Australia

Bill passes to force big Australian companies to report on climate impacts and risks

"Compulsory climate reporting for businesses will bring Australia in line with trading partners and support investment...The largest companies and financial institutions must provide greater detail on how climate change is affecting strategy and key business decision under amendments to the Corporations Act that have passed the Senate."

"Mandatory disclosure of climate and nature-related risks will be a critical pillar of Australia’s climate response and an important way for companies to adjust, the Carbon Market Institute’s chief executive said on Friday...This very welcome development sees Australia follow other jurisdictions around the world."

"Directors who fail to properly model, manage and disclose the risks could be held liable for breaching their legal duties. Reporting will start on January 1 for Australia’s largest listed and unlisted companies and financial institutions, with others to be phased in over time."

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https://reneweconomy.com.au/bill-passes-to-force-big-australian-companies-to-report-on-climate-impacts-and-risks/
#climate #FossilFuels #biodiversity #GHG #harm #disclosure #ExtremeHeat #industry #transparency #CorporationsAct #ClimateEmergency #disclosures #FCNSW #loggingIndustry #law #liability

Localized deforestation has a strong impact on regional warming.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-deforestation-has-a-regional-not-just-local-impact-study/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2309123120
#deforestation #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #NativeForests #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency #HeatExposure #Droughts #bushfire #risks

Harming Nature and liability
Company directors could be held responsible for nature risks. Pollination director Laura Waterford says directors have been put on notice by a new legal opinion advising that failure to address nature risks could constitute a breach of duty under the Corporations Act.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/the-business/2023-11-02/company-directors-could-be-held-responsible-for/103058746

Nature-related harm and Corporate social responsibility
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/111337129314506975
#CorporationsAct #liability #EU #SupplyChains #CimateDisclosure #MandatoryFramework #law #harm #ClimateEmergency #biodiversity #climate #risks #deforestation #LoggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #nature

Albo slammed amid calls to end decades-long ‘damaging’ forest logging

“Over 90 per cent of native forest that is logged in NSW is pulped and sent overseas to be used in woodchips and cardboard.”

“The NSW government has been covering the losses of the native forest logging industry for nearly a decade. It is not a profitable industry; in the past two years alone, $29 million of taxpayer money was spent subsidising native forest logging".

"...The NSW government's audit office found FCNSW (Forestry Corporation of NSW) did not consistently monitor compliance of its contractors or assess risks."

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/back-the-chainsaws-albo-slammed-amid-calls-to-end-decadeslong-damaging-forest-logging/news-story/0add77f23b869ae6edfe91dba712581a
#FCNSW #StateForests #LoggingIndustry #subsidies #NSW #compliance #outsource #risks #WorthMoreStanding #BellingenLogging #NewryStateForest #NativeForests #SaveTuckersNob #biodiversity #climate