#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

'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

'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

'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

'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

“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." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report
#biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

“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." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report
#biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

“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." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report
#biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

“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." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report
#biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

“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." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report
#biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

"Streeton decried the logging of old-growth forests:

‘With our settlement we have upset the natural order of things, and the result is fire, wind and desolation … [We] have no appreciation of the beauty and use of trees, no sense of our responsibility … in preserving the forests for future generations.’ "

Arthur Streeton, ‘Ruin in the Range. The penalty of Occupation’, Illustration >>
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jul/08/gum-tree-in-art
#Oldgrowth #forests #loggingIndustry #logging #gumart #eucalypts #flora #art