#wildlifeact — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #wildlifeact, aggregated by home.social.
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Forestry Corp cops $500,000 penalty for illegal logging
"This arrangement stems from an incident involving the confirmed illegal harvesting of 17 protected trees in Coopernook State Forest on the NSW mid-North Coast."
A "Penalty comes while Forestry Corp has been issued with Stop Work Orders at Tallaganda and Flat Rock State Forests because of inadequate wildlife surveys before logging commences."
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https://1earthmedia.com/forestry-corp-cops-500000-penalty-for-illegal-logging/
#NativeForests #NSWForestry #NSWLogging #TallagandaSF #tax #surveys #breaches #contractors #MidNorthCoast #WildlifeAct #biodiversity #ClimateActionNow -
Animals to be recognised as sentient beings under proposed Victorian cruelty laws
"The government has also committed to reform of the Wildlife Act 1975 after the killing of hundreds of wedge-tailed eagles in East Gippsland and koala deaths in a timber plantation at Cape Bridgewater."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/14/animals-sentient-beings-victorian-cruelty-laws#animal #cruelty #sentience #law #WildlifeAct #TradeAgreement #eagles #octopus #NativeForests #StopLogging #LoggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #wildlife #koalas