Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
veganism.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Veganism Social is a welcoming space on the internet for vegans to connect and engage with the broader decentralized social media community.

Administered by:

Server stats:

275
active users

veganism.social: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.4.0-alpha.5

#loggingimpacts

4 posts4 participants1 post today
Public *
BellingenNSW

National Environmental Standards

Create new, legally enforceable national environmental standards to deliver better environmental protection or continue with the big quarry model this term?

"Nature doesn’t negotiate. Nature is a system of systems, and if we take too much from it those systems begin to break down – usually irreversibly."
>>
theconversation.com/its-a-hard

Samuel Review
dcceew.gov.au/environment/epbc
#EPBCAct #BiodiversityCrisis #Biodiversity #Ecosystems #FirstNations #restoration #nature #extractivism #harm #LoggingImpacts #mining #water #extraction #FossilFuels #ClimateDisruption #destruction #governance

The ConversationIt’s a hard job being environment minister. Here’s an insider’s view of the key challenges facing Murray Watt
More from The Conversation AU + NZ
Public *
BellingenNSW

NSW forestry agency should be shut down for repeatedly breaking law, critics argue

"Professor David Heilpern, a former court magistrate, claims the NSW Forestry Corporation is no longer fit for purpose and should be disbanded. A former magistrate and one of Australia’s most experienced scientists have launched an extraordinary attack on the New South Wales government’s logging agency, describing it as effectively a “criminal organisation” that should be shut down after a string of court convictions."

"The corporation has been convicted of more than a dozen environmental offences, including a judgment in the land and environment court last year that found the agency was likely to reoffend and had poor prospects of rehabilitation.They get caught, investigated, prosecuted, a criminal conviction, a fine – which the public pays – and they carry on and do it all again."

“There is just no integrity, accountability or justice in this model of operation.”

“For the Forestry Corporation, breaking the law and harming the environment and wildlife has become like a game of charades played under the protection of the state."
>>
theguardian.com/australia-news
#LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #BellingenLogging #SaveTuckersNob #crime #harm #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #governance #accountability #extractivism

The Guardian · NSW forestry agency should be shut down for repeatedly breaking law, critics argueBy Lisa Cox
Public
BellingenNSW

Koalas face death, attacks and mass starvation from monoculture plantations
Cost-effective management techniques for Australian wildlife

"...Displaced animals were sometimes still up in trees that were felled and ended up with broken bones, or were orphaned babies left behind. Others were attacked by cows or dogs."

"A 2023 study of reported wild koala deaths in south-east Queensland found vehicles were responsible for about half (1,431) of all fatalities."
>>
theguardian.com/environment/20
#biodiversity #wildlife #koalas #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #harm #pets #Livestock #roads #vehicles #RoadTrauma #KillingZones #plantations #monoculture #extractivism #governance #Australia #extinction

The Guardian · Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in VictoriaBy Petra Stock
Public *
BellingenNSW

Welfare of koalas living in plantations: Aerial and ground-based shooting of koalas

"..The ongoing chronic animal welfare crisis facing koalas in southwest Victoria that has been unfolding for decades. The root cause being rampant habitat loss and the relentless expansion of the blue gum plantation industry. With their natural habitat diminished, koalas are left with nowhere safe to go...Only one animal was rescued and taken into care, while 1,061 were euthanised."
>>
au.news.yahoo.com/photos-expos
#biodiversity #koalas #marsupials #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #harm #plantations #monoculture #SettlerSociety #euthanasia #Australia

Yahoo News · Photos expose fresh blow after 1,061 koalas shot in national park: 'Sad truth'By Michael Dahlstrom
Public
BellingenNSW

Mass aerial culling of koalas
The mindset of culling everything in this country is a colonial mentality.

"In the weeks leading up to the 2025 Federal Election, the Victorian Labor Government's approval of a barbaric slaughter by helicopter shooters, which killed 1,100 koalas, was comprehensively ignored. Mainstream media failed to report the killing, raising major censorship issues, which need to be addressed."

"I went to one small area of a cleared plantation, with about 30 eucalypts left and around 20 koalas clinging to the branches. This is the scene after harvesting, koalas trying to survive in little pockets of trees."

"There’s no excuse for Australia not to get it right. You can’t treat the environment like this. The mindset of culling everything in this country is a colonial mentality. Wildlife is suffering from our neglect. We have given nothing back to wildlife for all the good things they have done for us."

"Experts have suggested retaining 30% of the plantation blue gums, ensuring corridors for koala movement. The extent of current laws, plans and guidelines in place to protect koalas in Victoria can best be described as completely ineffective, whether they are forests, plantations or urban development habitats."
>>
independentaustralia.net/polit
#biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism #plantations #LoggingImpacts #harm #EPBCAct #koalas

Independent AustraliaLabor's election win hopefully a turning point for environmentFollowing a landslide victory, Labor will have to answer to 96% of Australians, who say more action is needed to protect the environment and native wildlife.
Public *
BellingenNSW

Protecting Australia's unique ecosystems or extractivism as usual ?

"With one of the highest rates of extinction in the world and more than 7.7 million hectares of threatened species habitat destroyed since 2000, Australia is considered by many to be in a biodiversity crisis...The agenda is entirely geared towards fast-tracking development."
>>
abc.net.au/news/science/2025-0
#BiodiversityCrisis #EPBCAct #Biodiversity #ecosystems #conservation #NaturePositive #NatureNegative #EnvironmentalLaws #FossilFuels #koalas #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #governance #failure #extractivism

ABC News · Where Labor and the Coalition stand on nature and environment policies this federal electionBy Peter de Kruijff
Public
BellingenNSW

Australia gunned down 700 koalas from helicopters

"There are calls for an investigation into the events that led to the deaths of 700 koalas in the state of Victoria recently. Australia’s controversial program of euthanising injured and starving koalas from helicopters will continue in the short-term and then be scaled back following a fresh assessment of the program by a vet. "
>>
au.news.yahoo.com/devastating-
#koalas #conservation #AerialShooting #plantations #LoggingImpacts #WildlifeCulling #AnimalWelfare #Australia

Culling 700 Koalas by helicopters via https://au.news.yahoo.com/devastating-photos-captured-after-australia-gunned-down-koalas-from-helicopters-011645578.html
Public *
BellingenNSW

Sniping koalas from helicopters: here’s what’s wrong with Victoria’s unprecedented cull

"Snipers in helicopters have shot more than 700 koalas in the Budj Bim National Park in western Victoria in recent weeks. It’s believed to be the first time koalas have been culled in this way. The species faces a double threat from habitat destruction and bushfire risk. They are considered endangered in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory."
>>
theconversation.com/sniping-ko
#Koala #conservation #LoggingImpacts #plantations #FossilFuels #cull #governance #BiodiversityCrisis

The ConversationSniping koalas from helicopters: here’s what’s wrong with Victoria’s unprecedented cull
More from The Conversation AU + NZ
Public
BellingenNSW

The great koala - glider national park - logging an environmentally significant area

"The Minns Labor government promised to create a koala national park before the state election more than two years ago, but has not taken a decision on the boundaries and has allowed logging to continue. Between April and July 2024, the surveys detected greater gliders at 82 sites. The government’s analysis estimated the planned park has between 29,693 and 44,211 gliders, with a mean estimate of 36,483."

“...Logging should cease in all state forest areas identified as containing greater gliders.”
>>
theguardian.com/australia-news
#BiodiversityCrisis #conservation #harm #destruction #NativeForests #koalas #gliders #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #FCNSW #ExtinctionCrisis #governance

The Guardian · Endangered greater gliders recorded in proposed great koala national park in NSW as logging continuesBy Lisa Cox
Public *
BellingenNSW

Koala 'overabundance' - 700 euthanised , some sterilised
The species is often treated like a “pest”.

"When plantations are harvested, all trees are eventually cut down, forcing koalas to move across roads where they're at risk of being struck by cars, or onto private property where they're attacked by dogs, or into national parks where they're already overabundant...The area surrounding Budj Bim has been systematically logged since the 2019/2020 bushfires, likely leaving thousands of koalas homeless...Koalas don’t understand the difference between native forest and a plantation. It’s food. It’s shelter. Without these two things, they die."
>>
au.news.yahoo.com/freak-weathe
#biodiversity #koalas #habitat #dogs #cars #roads #plantations #LoggingImpacts #ExtinctionCrisis

Yahoo News · Freak weather event in Australian national park leads to estimated 700 dead koalasBy Michael Dahlstrom
Public *
BellingenNSW

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity - and humans are the reason

"Our activities have become a planet-shaping force, from changing the climate through our emissions to farming 44% of all habitable land. As our footprint has expanded, other species have been pushed to extinction."
>>
theconversation.com/invisible-
#biodiversity #loss #destruction #ecosystems #impoverishment #flora #sprawl #roads #infrastructure #graziers #livestock #LoggingImpacts #pollution #DarkDiversity #extinction

Public *
BellingenNSW

"The logging industry is finding ways to get around the so-called ban."

"A loophole in the law banning Victoria's native timber harvesting means logging projects can still go ahead as the state government passes project approval responsibility to local councils."

"How could it be that a local council would have the expertise, the biological and ecological expertise, to approve logging in an area? When you log and regenerate an area of native forest … that same area of forest becomes much more flammable for a prolonged period of time," Professor Lindenmayer said. "I don't think that we should be adding that extra fire burden for rural and regional people to have to deal with."
>>
abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/tim
#LoggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #bushfire #risks #conservation #biodiversity #wildlife #forests #NSWLogging #BellingenLogging #council

ABC News · Government passes responsibility of approving private native timber logging to councilsBy Tavleen Singh
Public
BellingenNSW

Human rights and environmental violations throughout Australian supply chains ?
Creating a mandatory human rights due diligence regime for Australian companies

"We analysed the human rights commitments of 25 of the top companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), including some of our largest banks and mining companies."

"We found Australian companies have a long way to go in “knowing and showing” a commitment to respect human rights, suggesting an urgent need for reform...It is clear from our research that many large Australian companies are not operating in line with international standards."

"One response could be for Australia to follow the European Union’s lead and create a mandatory human rights due diligence regime. Australian companies must take proactive steps to comply with international standards. Our findings suggest the government should enact a stronger and broader mandatory human rights due diligence law covering all human rights. "
>>
theconversation.com/some-of-au
#HumanRights #ModernSlavery #transparency #DueDilligence #EUDR #SupplyChains #environment #pollution #LoggingImpacts #PayGap #ChildLabour #industry #DoingBusiness #mining #banks #energy #insurance #transportation #telecommunication #media #health #pharmaceuticals #governance

The ConversationSome of Australia’s largest companies are failing to ‘know and show’ their respect for human rights
More from The Conversation AU + NZ
Public
BellingenNSW

Getting Australia out of climate denial?

Get more sympathetic media coverage by involving the blokes from "resources and economic production, rural and regional areas, masculine norms, and conservative belief systems and politics"
>>
nature.com/articles/s44168-025

Farmers, investors, miners and parents:
how unconventional climate advocates can reach new audiences "Holdout groups in Australia can include people associated with political conservatism, the business sector, farming, the resource sector, some religious groups and some sports fans."
>>
theconversation.com/farmers-in
#climate #climatedenial #RealityDenial #extractivism #industry #MasculineNorms #conflict #msm #media #LoggingImpacts #FossilFuels #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateAction

NatureTheorising unconventional climate advocates and their relationship to the environmental movement - npj Climate ActionEnvironmentalist-identified advocates have contributed to high levels of public support for climate action across countries. However, there remain important holdout constituencies that theory and evidence suggest are less likely to be persuaded by environmentalists, especially constituencies associated with resources and economic production, rural and regional areas, masculine norms, and conservative belief systems and politics. Emerging from these holdout constituencies, though, are some novel advocates for climate action. In this paper we theorise ‘unconventional climate advocates’ as those who combine advocacy for climate action with a social identity that departs from the prototypical environmentalist identity. Using social network analysis we show that unconventional climate advocates in Australia are peripheral to the main environmental movement, that is, the conventional advocates for climate action. We contend that unconventional advocates can broaden the social base of support for climate action, and their independence from conventional advocates – environmentalists – may aid in their efforts.
Public *
BellingenNSW

Humans are making it increasingly difficult for wildlife to live and reproduce.

Sprawl, accelerated fossil fuel mobility via motor engines and roaming introduced canines makes survival for other than humans risky or impossible. The prosthetic apparatuses of 'man' sends its noisy and polluting tentacles into every nook and cranny where bio-diversity still dwells - 24/7.
>>
theconversation.com/five-ways-
#biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #ecocide #cars #roads #traffic #pets #lawns #machines #pollution #noise #waste #harm #technosphere #HumanDisturbance #extractivism #monoculture #fossilfuels #mowing #deforestation #LoggingImpacts

All fossil fuel stuff
Public
BellingenNSW

Logging the great koala national park

"Before the next election round lets make sure The Great Koala National Park is secured. Its the last chance for the survival of our Koala population on the Eastern Seaboard of Australia."
>>
youtube.com/watch?v=uE7NQbRGZ2U
#biodiversity #FCNSW #NSWLogging #governance #harm #destruction #pinecreek #SaveTuckersNob #wildlife #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #LoggingImpacts

YouTubeAct Now because Koalas can't ScreamBy MJ's How To Save A Forest
Public *
BellingenNSW

'Last chance to see' tourism: See rare or endangered species before they disappear
Bird-tracking apps turning sightings into stampedes
Chasing online alerts with a lot of fossil fuel.
"Almost one in six Australian birds are threatened with extinction."
>>
abc.net.au/news/2025-02-15/tou
#birds #birdwatching #twitchers #overtourism #LoggingImpacts #landclearing #extinction #biodiversity #conservation #TheDrive #SUVs #Fossilfuels #cats #pets

ABC News · Birdwatching and twitchers pump billions into Australia's tourism industryBy Kristy Sexton-McGrath
VegansExploreLive feeds
About