Environment
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30% of new diseases caused by deforestation
Forests Reduce Health Risks, New Global Report Confirms VIENNA, March 21, 2023 - The global scientific evidence of the multiple types of benefits that forests, trees...
2021 Wingham flooded. Australia isolated.
Wingham CBD flood, March 20 2021. All photos © Mark Anning photo 2021. Wingham is situated on the Manning River and has a long history...
Forest protesters lock out Forestry Corporation’s HQ
Forestry Corporation Locked Out. Access roads into the FC HQ have been blocked by a tree-sit and human padlock. Calls for Forestry Corporation to...
Forest wars in Shallow Crossing State Forest, South East NSW
6 March 2023 - Young Indigenous woman Takesa Frank has suspended herself 20m above the ground in a treesit cabled to logging machinery in...
Who Supports Koalas & Native Timber Logging in NSW Election 2023
Political party policies on protecting koala habitat, ending native forest logging, puppy farms, egg battery cages, and establishing an animal welfare authority have been...
Coal power workers call for urgent transition support – Mining & Energy Union
23 Feb 2023 - Seventy workers from coal fired power stations and domestic thermal coal mines are meeting in Sydney this Thursday and Friday...
What would happen if the environment was recognised as a legal person? – UNSW
Giving nature and the environment the same legal rights as humans is gaining ground as a new strategy to protect them from disaster. If the...
International experts call for ban of native forest logging
An open letter signed by Australian and international forestry and climate experts has called for the immediate nationwide cessation of all native forest logging in...
A forestry primer: The opportunity for Australia’s native forests
Scientific data suggest that logging reduces carbon storage, threatens native species and increases fire hazard. Economic data over two decades show that native forest...
Native forest logging CO2 emissions is greater than domestic aviation
Recent reports have found that native forest logging in south-eastern Australia emits 11.2 million tonnes of carbon each year. That’s equivalent to the annual...