#nswforestry — Public Fediverse posts

The idea of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) and ongoing clearfell logging of native forests

"Government GKNP proposal falls short according to Ashley Love...He says a recent environmental report, prepared on behalf of and with input from local environmentalists, indicates the current Government proposal is “grossly inadequate...It fails to adequately protect the largest coastal koala population in NSW, which occupies Bongil Bongil National Park, Pine Creek, Orara East and Tuckers Nob State Forests."

“The majority of plantation production is for pulpwood into a market that is now heavily oversupplied in South-east Asia or for burning as “biofuel” for electricity production.”
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/government-gknp-proposal-falls-short-according-to-ashley-love
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NSWLogging #governance #failure #thegreatkoalaNationalPark #ClearFelling #plantations #BellingenShire #TuckersNob #NSWForestry #extractivism

Climate and wildlife destroying logging burns are not specific to NSW logging sites.

"Right now, the Tasmanian Government is carrying out post-logging burns. These infernos damage the climate and environment, kill wildlife and harm human health. Forest Watch is exposing the destruction that Forestry Tasmania is hiding from you. Monitoring native forest logging and burning in Lutruwita / Tasmania."
https://forestwatch.org.au/
#EndNativeForestLogging #BanLoggingBurns #NSWForestry #NSWLogging #fires #smoke #biodiversity #ClimateBreakdown #SaveTuckersNob #pollution #LoggingBurns #wildlife

Gleniffer residents close Tuckers Nob to Forestry

"Gleniffer residents gathered at dawn today and reposted ‘Forest Closed’ notices around Tuckers Nob – with a difference.This time the signs read “Forest Closed: To Loggers”.
This is in response to the closure of compartments 26 and 27 by Forestry Corporation late last year, with FCNSW stating its intent to log the area. Community have become frustrated after their expert report around Unique and Special Values there has been ignored."

Like in the Amazon or the Congo, the fossil fuel powered machinery of destruction has started wiping out the homes of endemic and rare plants and animals.

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https://bellingenshirenews.com/2024/02/14/gleniffer-residents-close-tuckers-nob-to-forestry/
#EndNativeForestLogging
#SaveTuckersNob #biodiversity #koalas #ClimateEmergency #FCNSW #NSWForestry #Bellingen #values #BellingenLogging #destruction #TuckersNob26 #extinction makers

How to fast-track extinction
NSW changes are designed to make logging easier
Logging glider and koala habitat is nonsensical
#EndNativeForestLogging

"New logging rules in NSW put the greater glider closer to extinction."

"The NSW Environment Protection Authority this month announced changes to rules in logging operations."

"...Ecologists were shocked by a recent announcement by New South Wales environment authorities that we believe loosens protections for southern greater gliders in logging areas."

"But sadly, extensive glider habitat has been burnt, logged or both. Climate change poses a further risk."

"Since the southern greater glider was listed as vulnerable in 2016, its habitat continued to be destroyed. This is poor management for many reasons:

gliders often die on site when their habitat is disturbed

young forests recovering after disturbances tend to be hotter and drier, which is bad for gliders because they are heat-sensitive

removing hollow-bearing trees not only destroys a key part of glider habitat immediately, but it can take decades (if not centuries) for forest to become suitable again

logging makes forests more flammable and gliders are particularly sensitive to fire

logging can change the composition of tree species in a forest, reducing the availability of quality food for gliders."

"Logging those refuges is nonsensical given the large body of scientific work demonstrating its negative effects. And tinkering around the edge of logging rules will have limited benefits."
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https://theconversation.com/new-logging-rules-in-nsw-put-the-greater-glider-closer-to-extinction-when-will-we-start-protecting-these-amazing-animals-223182

Australia leads the world in native mammal extinctions – roughly 10% have become extinct since British invasion.
Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417301112

#NSWForestry #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #koalas #gliders #EndangeredSpecies #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #biodiversity #StopLogging #NativeForests #extinction makers

#EndNativeForestLogging / #SaveTuckersNob

Fossil fuel machinery has started 'treading lightly' in Tuckers Nob public forest today in Bellingen.

Logging trucks were speeding along Roses community road today at 8.30, delivering giant fossil fuel machinery to start the industrial destruction of Tuckers Nob (compartments 26 and 27) public forest.

A vigil is being held by Friends of Tucker Nob on Gleniffer Rd.

Friends of Tucker Nob
https://www.facebook.com/groups/250189120465227/
Bellingen/ Gleniffer Community group protecting and surveying native forests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLa7XENA3YI
Tim Cadman showing "the incredible beauty and diversity of Tuckers Nob rainforests and remnant forest. #NSWForestry is trying really hard to hide the wonders of this special Koala habitat."

'The Koala lives here'
Stop logging native forests
Stop forest destruction in a climate and biodiversity crisis

#SaveTuckersNob #Bellingen #NSWForestry #NSWLogging #FCNSW #RosesRoad #Gleniffer #wildlife #koalas #biodiversity #ClimateExtremes #GumbaynggirrCountry #BellingenShire #roads #ClimateExtremes #FireRisks #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark

004Tarkeeth - Koala habitat converted to plantation

Dr. Cadman's video "shows active and recent conversion of original forest and koala habitat to plantation inside the proposed Greater Koala Park, undertaken by #NSWForestry despite repeated warnings. This is what clearfall forestry looks like."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVx6fula8wU
#NSWForestry #FCNSW #RemnantVegetation #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #NativeForests #conversion #plantations
#BellingenLogging #ClearFelling #logging #Tarkeeth #destruction

004Tarkeeth - Koala habitat converted to plantation

Dr. Cadman's video "shows active and recent conversion of original forest and koala habitat to plantation inside the proposed Greater Koala Park, undertaken by #NSWForestry despite repeated warnings. This is what clearfall forestry looks like."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVx6fula8wU
#NSWForestry #FCNSW #RemnantVegetation #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #NativeForests #conversion #plantations
#BellingenLogging #ClearFelling #logging #Tarkeeth #destruction

004Tarkeeth - Koala habitat converted to plantation

Dr. Cadman's video "shows active and recent conversion of original forest and koala habitat to plantation inside the proposed Greater Koala Park, undertaken by #NSWForestry despite repeated warnings. This is what clearfall forestry looks like."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVx6fula8wU
#NSWForestry #FCNSW #RemnantVegetation #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #NativeForests #conversion #plantations
#BellingenLogging #ClearFelling #logging #Tarkeeth #destruction

004Tarkeeth - Koala habitat converted to plantation

Dr. Cadman's video "shows active and recent conversion of original forest and koala habitat to plantation inside the proposed Greater Koala Park, undertaken by #NSWForestry despite repeated warnings. This is what clearfall forestry looks like."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVx6fula8wU
#NSWForestry #FCNSW #RemnantVegetation #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #NativeForests #conversion #plantations
#BellingenLogging #ClearFelling #logging #Tarkeeth #destruction

004Tarkeeth - Koala habitat converted to plantation

Dr. Cadman's video "shows active and recent conversion of original forest and koala habitat to plantation inside the proposed Greater Koala Park, undertaken by #NSWForestry despite repeated warnings. This is what clearfall forestry looks like."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVx6fula8wU
#NSWForestry #FCNSW #RemnantVegetation #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #NativeForests #conversion #plantations
#BellingenLogging #ClearFelling #logging #Tarkeeth #destruction

Forestry contractors convicted of 2020 assaults in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest

"TWO forestry contractors have been found guilty of assaulting two men in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest on 25 June 2020 by Coffs Harbour Local Court. Mark Graham and Andre Johnston, who were assaulted on a public road in the State Forest north of Dorrigo, have been seeking justice for more than three years."
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https://www.newsofthearea.com.au/forestry-contractors-convicted-of-2020-assaults-in-wild-cattle-creek-state-forest
#violence #NSWForestry #LoggingIndustry #loggers #NativeForest #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency #environmentalists

Tuckers Nob Forest future still uncertain

"Two months after the Minister for Agriculture, Tara Moriarty, ordered Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) to temporarily suspend logging in Tuckers Nob, there is still no clear indication of what the future holds for the ecologically sensitive area."
"The Department of Primary Industry is presently undertaking a further assessment of the proposed logging of Tuckers Nob compartments 26 and 27 in respect of how the Unique and Special Wildlife Values within the forest may be impacted."
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https://bellingenshirenews.com/2023/12/20/forest-future-still-uncertain/
#NSWForestry #NSWLogging #FCNSW #RosesRoad #Gleniffer #SaveTuckersNob #wildlife #koalas #biodiversity #ClimateExtremes #GumbaynggirrCountry

"The hollows would have been visible when the tree was standing."

"Forestry Corporation NSW sentenced for felling hollow-bearing trees in Mogo State Forest. FCNSW was fined $20,000 and ordered to pay more than $84,000 in legal costs to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)."

FCNSW "was also ordered to widely publicise the judgement on its social media accounts and through a paid advertisement in the local newspaper and the Sydney Morning Herald within 60 days of the judgement."

"Under the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (CIFOA), the state-owned timber corporation responsible for managing more than 2 million hectares of public land is required to retain any hollow-bearing trees during harvesting operations. Such hollows typically form in trees more than 150 years old."

"Hollow bearings are protected in NSW legislation because they take so long to form, and more than 300 Australian native species rely on them for shelter.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-22/forestry-nsw-sentenced-after-illegal-logging-mogo-state-forest/103258554
#NativeForests #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #FCNSW #MogoSF #IllegalLogging #crime #governance #TallagandaSF #biodiversity #gliders #wildlife #habitat #hollows #extinction makers

Saving koalas from extinction on the Mid North Coast of NSW

"The Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) has called on the Government to suspend all logging within the proposed Great Koala National Park as consultation for the Koala Park begins in Coffs Harbour."

“If logging is allowed to continue within the boundaries of the proposed Great Koala National Park, koalas and a large number of other critically threatened and endangered animals will suffer.”

“The industrial logging that we are seeing at Pine Creek is an environmental and economic disaster and not only a major threat to koalas, but it’s also a serious waste of taxpayers’ dollars and undermines the $190 million NSW Government Koala Strategy.”

“Labor needs to listen to health and environmental scientists, not a single industry, and place a moratorium on logging immediately."
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https://www.newsofthearea.com.au/conservationists-accuse-labor-of-dragging-their-feet-on-great-koala-national-park
#PineCreek #NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #NSWForestry #koalas #extinction #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #BellingenLogging #SaveTuckersNob #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Outrage as endangered species living in forest goes unnoticed by loggers chopping it down. 'Nothing to see here': Greater gliders, yellow-bellied gliders, koalas and powerful owls.

“Forestry Corporation admitted that they don’t do surveys for the nocturnal greater gliders at night! No wonder they aren’t finding any — they don’t want to find them, as it would seriously restrict their operations,” CEO Jacqui Mumford

"Endangered marsupials have been discovered inside a forest that was being chopped down by the NSW government, prompting calls for its operations to be suspended across dozens of sites across the state."

"After the Environmental Protection Agency was asked to intervene this week, NSW Forestry Corporation voluntarily asked its contractors to cease operations at the Styx River State Forest which borders the Cathedral Rock National Park, west of Coffs Harbour. It’s the second time since August the state-owned agency has been forced to down chainsaws because of the discovery of greater gliders."

https://au.news.yahoo.com/outrage-as-endangered-species-living-in-forest-goes-unnoticed-by-loggers-chopping-it-down-063558748.html
#MoonparSF #CoffsHarbour #NativeForests #NSWForestry #NSWLogging #gliders #Koalas #wildlife #biodiversity #surveys #ExtinctionCrisis #StopLogging

Displaced koala found adjacent to a clearfell logging operation in the proposed Great Koala National Park

"The National Parks Association NSW (NPA) has obtained video of a likely displaced koala barely 40m from the edge of a clearfelled logging coupe in Pine Creek State Forest within the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP).
Koala Hubs contain critical multi generational koala populations and their habitat. Logging of Koala Hubs within the proposed GKNP was suspended by the NSW Government last September, but unfortunately Koala Hubs in plantations were not included in the decision and continue to be logged."
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https://npansw.org.au/2023/12/07/displaced-koala-found-adjacent-to-a-clearfell-logging-operation-in-the-proposed-great-koala-national-park/
#Koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #wildlife #Biodiversity #PineCreek #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #StopLogging

Logging and koalas do not mix
Spoiler: End native forest logging altogether, seek World Heritage protection for these forests.

"Koalas cannot read maps, and do not understand human zoning. If their habitat in plantations is cleared, they die – just as we’ve seen in Victoria, where deaths of koalas in blue gum plantations have made national news."

"For a koala-protecting National Park to actually protect koalas, it must be based on the identification and reservation of high value habitat – such as hardwood plantations. If we leave all plantations out, some of the best habitat in the park will continue to be logged. Without plantations, the park will be filled with holes, severing critical corridors and hampering the movement of koalas."

What should we do?
"We have to restore the areas lost to logging and the Black Summer bushfires and flag more forested areas for inclusion – especially unburnt habitat. And the government has to end logging within the proposed park area. If we want a viable alternative, the government should begin new plantations outside the park area and buy out existing logging contracts inside the park. Logging and koalas do not mix."

"We should give up on the idea of protecting koala “hubs”. Instead, we should prioritise the protection of koala populations unaffected by fire and in untouched forest areas wherever they are, whether inside or outside of these hubs.
Every bit of habitat on public land should be ruled in, as this is what counts, not zoning. Local communities – not just the forest industry and environment groups – need to be included in negotiations. The government should also consider community efforts to seek World Heritage protection for these forests."
Tim Cadman, Danielle Clode
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https://theconversation.com/a-home-among-the-gum-trees-will-the-great-koala-national-park-actually-save-koalas-217276
#conservation #logging #Koalas #LoggingIndustry #NSWForestry #extinction #SaveTuckersNob ##restoration WorldHeritage #Biodiversity #ClimateEmergency #EndNativeForestLogging

NSW Forestry Corporation reports $15 million loss, taxpayers to foot the bill
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https://www.wilderness.org.au/news-events/nsw-forestry-corporation-reports-15-million-loss-taxpayers-to-foot-the-bill
#NSWForestry #NSWLogging #NativeForests #StopLogging #SaveTuckersNob #biodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ThreatenedSpecies #destruction

The history of forests
We are Forests: Inhabiting Territories in Struggle, Jean-Baptiste Vidalou
Translated by Stephen Muecke

"Governments try to deny it since their interests are placed in other places. They talk about sustainability, ecological transition, and zero carbon economy, but it’s all just a show. Behind the scenes rules the same extracting logic. The various mechanisms for reducing gas emissions due to deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) are only an illusion when they are directly linked to carbon credits and compensation mechanisms. Timber companies continue to fiercely exploit the forests and, at the same time, pride themselves as “acting for the climate”. The cynicism goes even further when these companies, with the support of governments, drive out local populations in the name of global forest management. According to these companies, the native peasants do not have the knowledge required to exploit these territories. They do not fully “own” the land since they do not capitalize it. A paternalist colonial approach indeed!"

"All of today’s modernized forestry, with its super-powered harvesters and heavy loaders, is geared towards this one purpose: planned harvesting and rapid product exploitation."
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https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=we-are-forests-inhabiting-territories-in-struggle--9781509556519
#book #NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #FossilFuels #WarOfTheDemoiselles #StopLogging #NSWForestry #extractivism #EnvironmentalJustice #governance #ClearFelling #sacrifice #roads #biodiversity #ClimateEmergency

Save Tucker Nob State Forest
Koala @ Tuckers Nob Oct 2023 video

They say there are no koalas in Tuckers Nob State Forest (026/027)
They say there is no remnant vegetation in the NSW Forest Corporation floral assemblage.
They say there are no threatened species in NSW state forests.

The government corporation is planning to log and clear-fell Tuckers Nob SF
This is to take place during the prime breeding cycle of the koalas.
Numerous plants and animals will lose their home and maybe lives.

Stop logging in a biodiversity crisis
Stop logging native forests in a climate emergency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al7emQdTuUc
#SaveTuckersNob
#FCNSW #NSWForestry #ForestryCorporation #deforestation #LoggingIndustry #ClearFelling #Australia #TuckersNob026027 #Gleniffer #GlenifferRoad #BellingenLogging #NativeForests #destruction #StopLogging #wildlife #koalas #biodiversity #ClimateEmergency

Government Correction of claims within Michael West Media article ‘Secret Forest: Australia rivals the Congo on deforestation, blocks media access to world scientists'

"During the decade to 2020, Australia recorded an increase in forested area of 4.4 million hectares – the second largest increase of any nation recorded in that period according the to the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment."

"The Australian Government remains committed to transparent and consistent sustainable forest management criteria and indicator reporting..."
https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/news/correction-forestry-article

Secret Forest: Australia rivals The Congo on deforestation, blocks media access to world scientists
https://michaelwest.com.au/secret-forest-australia-rivals-the-congo-on-deforestation-blocks-media-access-to-world-scientists/
#deforestation #Australia #LoggingIndustry #ClearFelling #NSWForestry #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #biodiversity
Image: Tuckers Nob SF, Gleniffer Rd

Unsustainable forest management and secrecy

"The Montreal Process Working Group for the conservation and sustainable management of temperate and boreal forests met in Sydney this week.
Australia is one of the 12 countries which have endorsed the Working Group’s framework for assessing progress towards sustainable forest management."

"BBF, Knitting Nannas, Drum Rebellion and other concerned activists gathered to remind those inside that Australia needs to end native forest logging quickly. They also called out NSW, where the forestry industry is failing on all seven Montreal Process criteria for sustainable logging."
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https://knittingnannas.org/2023/10/08/forestry-secrets-reports-news-and-events/

The Montréal Process Working Group was formed in 1994 as a bold, intergovernmental response to the pressing need for sustainable forest management.
https://montreal-process.org/

#NSWForestry #secrecy #LoggingIndustry #EndNativeForestLogging #ClimateEmergency #biodiversity #conservation #failure

The koalas in Tuckers Nob State Forest 'Plantation' need your help
We are raising funds to help save the koalas of the Bellingen/ Gleniffer native forests from logging and clear-felling,
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https://www.gofundme.com/f/voice-for-koalas-be-a-part-of-the-solution

>> #SaveTuckersNob
#Gleniffer #RosesRd #GlenifferRoad #BellingenLogging #NSWForestry #ClearFelling #TuckersNob026027 #SaveTuckersNob #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #wildlife #biodiversity

Bellingen's Tuckers Nob Forest remnant vegetation to be logged

Inside Tuckers Nob State Forest (26/27) Dr. Tim Cadman documented threatened species (again). Many rainforest trees, such as threatened Ringwoods were identified. Syzygium anisatum/Anetholea anisata is endemic to the subtropical Bellinger Valley.

The background acoustics (in the video) is the fossil fuel machinery bashing their way through the native forest. (Hillier Trail) It is making the home of diverse and threatened wildlife and plants machine-ready for the clear-felling machines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3JPiYD0W9M

"Peer-reviewed scientific research here and overseas suggests clear-felling has serious, long-term and negative ecological effects. Such concerns have led to clear-felling being reviewed, modified, and in some cases, abandoned in developed countries such as the United States and Canada."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/clear-felling-a-big-burning-issue-20020513-gdu78r.html

#DevelopedCountries #Australia #ClearFelling #BellingenLogging #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #FossilFuel #SoundEcology #NSWForestry #SaveTuckersNob #StopLogging #RemnantVegetation #ThreatenedSpecies #flora #ringwoods #NativeForests #biodiversity #destruction

Bellingen's Tuckers Nob Forest remnant vegetation to be logged

Inside Tuckers Nob State Forest (26/27) Dr. Tim Cadman documented threatened species (again). Many rainforest trees, such as threatened Ringwoods were identified. Syzygium anisatum/Anetholea anisata is endemic to the subtropical Bellinger Valley.

The background acoustics (in the video) is the fossil fuel machinery bashing their way through the native forest. (Hillier Trail) It is making the home of diverse and threatened wildlife and plants machine-ready for the clear-felling machines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3JPiYD0W9M

"Peer-reviewed scientific research here and overseas suggests clear-felling has serious, long-term and negative ecological effects. Such concerns have led to clear-felling being reviewed, modified, and in some cases, abandoned in developed countries such as the United States and Canada."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/clear-felling-a-big-burning-issue-20020513-gdu78r.html

#DevelopedCountries #Australia #ClearFelling #BellingenLogging #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #FossilFuel #SoundEcology #NSWForestry #SaveTuckersNob #StopLogging #RemnantVegetation #ThreatenedSpecies #flora #ringwoods #NativeForests #biodiversity #destruction

Bellingen's Tuckers Nob Forest remnant vegetation to be logged

Inside Tuckers Nob State Forest (26/27) Dr. Tim Cadman documented threatened species (again). Many rainforest trees, such as threatened Ringwoods were identified. Syzygium anisatum/Anetholea anisata is endemic to the subtropical Bellinger Valley.

The background acoustics (in the video) is the fossil fuel machinery bashing their way through the native forest. (Hillier Trail) It is making the home of diverse and threatened wildlife and plants machine-ready for the clear-felling machines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3JPiYD0W9M

"Peer-reviewed scientific research here and overseas suggests clear-felling has serious, long-term and negative ecological effects. Such concerns have led to clear-felling being reviewed, modified, and in some cases, abandoned in developed countries such as the United States and Canada."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/clear-felling-a-big-burning-issue-20020513-gdu78r.html

#DevelopedCountries #Australia #ClearFelling #BellingenLogging #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #FossilFuel #SoundEcology #NSWForestry #SaveTuckersNob #StopLogging #RemnantVegetation #ThreatenedSpecies #flora #ringwoods #NativeForests #biodiversity #destruction

Bellingen's Tuckers Nob Forest remnant vegetation to be logged

Inside Tuckers Nob State Forest (26/27) Dr. Tim Cadman documented threatened species (again). Many rainforest trees, such as threatened Ringwoods were identified. Syzygium anisatum/Anetholea anisata is endemic to the subtropical Bellinger Valley.

The background acoustics (in the video) is the fossil fuel machinery bashing their way through the native forest. (Hillier Trail) It is making the home of diverse and threatened wildlife and plants machine-ready for the clear-felling machines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3JPiYD0W9M

"Peer-reviewed scientific research here and overseas suggests clear-felling has serious, long-term and negative ecological effects. Such concerns have led to clear-felling being reviewed, modified, and in some cases, abandoned in developed countries such as the United States and Canada."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/clear-felling-a-big-burning-issue-20020513-gdu78r.html

#DevelopedCountries #Australia #ClearFelling #BellingenLogging #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #FossilFuel #SoundEcology #NSWForestry #SaveTuckersNob #StopLogging #RemnantVegetation #ThreatenedSpecies #flora #ringwoods #NativeForests #biodiversity #destruction

Bellingen's Tuckers Nob Forest remnant vegetation to be logged

Inside Tuckers Nob State Forest (26/27) Dr. Tim Cadman documented threatened species (again). Many rainforest trees, such as threatened Ringwoods were identified. Syzygium anisatum/Anetholea anisata is endemic to the subtropical Bellinger Valley.

The background acoustics (in the video) is the fossil fuel machinery bashing their way through the native forest. (Hillier Trail) It is making the home of diverse and threatened wildlife and plants machine-ready for the clear-felling machines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3JPiYD0W9M

"Peer-reviewed scientific research here and overseas suggests clear-felling has serious, long-term and negative ecological effects. Such concerns have led to clear-felling being reviewed, modified, and in some cases, abandoned in developed countries such as the United States and Canada."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/clear-felling-a-big-burning-issue-20020513-gdu78r.html

#DevelopedCountries #Australia #ClearFelling #BellingenLogging #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #FossilFuel #SoundEcology #NSWForestry #SaveTuckersNob #StopLogging #RemnantVegetation #ThreatenedSpecies #flora #ringwoods #NativeForests #biodiversity #destruction

Have they simply stopped monitoring the logging of native forests in NSW?

"The NSW budget rejected any funding for a mandatory monitoring program of forestry operations. This runs counter to international standards. Suzanne Arnold reports on Australia’s forestry fail."

"The lack of funding came in spite of pleas from the critically important Forest Monitoring & Improvement Program, which monitors NSW native logging, and the 20 year Regional Forest Agreements."

"The Montreal Process Working Group framework underpins and is the foundation of Australia’s state and federal forestry approvals and operations. Scientific and legal evidence provided in reports, legal challenges, and other research provides compelling evidence showing Australia is in non-compliance with the entire MPG framework."

read the full articles>
https://michaelwest.com.au/nsw-governments-non-compliance-with-international-standards-threatens-forest-protection/

Smoke ‘n mirrors budget: forests and koalas are great but logging and money are better!
https://michaelwest.com.au/smoke-n-mirrors-budget-forests-and-koalas-are-great-but-logging-and-money-are-better/
#Australia #governance #noncompliance #NativeForests #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #SaveTuckersNob #MontrealProcessWorkingGroup #MPG #RFAs #MontréalProcess #ecosystems #NSW #biodiversity #conservation

Home of endangered marsupial hit by state-sanctioned logging in NSW, environmentalists say

"Conservationists say Forestry Corporation of NSW logging operation is ‘knocking to pieces’ a forest home to the greater glider..The greater glider is Australia’s largest gliding marsupial. It was listed as endangered in 2022 after losing significant parts of its habitat to bushfire, drought, land-clearing and logging."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/28/home-of-endangered-marsupial-threatened-by-state-sanctioned-logging-in-nsw-environmentalists-say
#NSW #endangered #habitats #species #StopLogging #NativeForest #TallagandaSF #ForestryCorporation #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #ThreatenedSpecies #marsupials #biodiversity