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

Native forest regeneration failure

Logging devastated Victoria’s native forests – and new research shows 20% has failed to grow back

"Following the end of native logging in Victoria on January 1 2024, the state’s majestic forests might be expected to regenerate and recover naturally. But our new research shows that’s not always the case. "

"These degraded areas no longer hold the value they once did and they cannot provide the same level of ecosystem services such as carbon storage, water purification, or habitat for wildlife."

"With no current government restoration plan, these landscapes will remain degraded indefinitely. Our research suggests leaving nature to its own devices would mean losing a fifth of the forests logged over the past 40 years. Bringing the trees back has multiple benefits and would be well worth the investment."
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https://theconversation.com/logging-devastated-victorias-native-forests-and-new-research-shows-20-has-failed-to-grow-back-254465

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A significant increase in forest regeneration failure following logging is driven by climatic and management factors
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0301479725011454
#biodiversity #wildlife #NativeForests #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #extractivism #clearfelling #degradation #regeneration #failure #ClimateBreakdown

Documentation of the systematic destruction of Tuckers Nob forests

"Presentation for Friends of Tuckers Nob on the history and significance of Tuckers Nob State Forest and why it must be included in the NSW Government's proposed 'Great' Koala National Park. Based on a recent preliminary report submitted to government, showing the original forest and koala sightings, with a list of moratorium areas (including Tuckers). All the most recent developments, bringing the viewer up to date. This is why we need a #GreaterKoalaPark, with no logging."

The video has a link to the report containing the results (maps) of the investigations by Dr Tim Cadman and local community-based citizen scientists:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKZvVjG_XvM
#ResourceFrontiers #extractivism #biodiversity #ecocide #koalas #NativeForests #rainforest #BellingenLogging #clearfelling #NSWLogging #Bellingen #community #trauma #harm #moratorium #FCNSW #plantation #conversion #annexation #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #SaveTuckersNob #bushfire #risk

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

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

Could logging and clear cutting make the Powerful Owl extinct?

Northern spotted owls are functionally extinct in the US
"Clear-cutting in Clatsop County, Oregon, the habitat of the northern spotted owl. The woes of the northern spotted owl began with widespread logging last century in Oregon and California which has since wiped out swathes of old-growth forest, the bird’s natural habitat. Today, a mere 15% of the original habitat of the northern spotted owl remains, with the result that there has been a devastating drop in numbers of the species."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/07/endangered-owl-who-can-only-be-saved-if-we-kill-other-owls

The Powerful Owl is a regular in the Tuckers Nob State Forest that is part of the Great Koala National Park. The area is to be logged and clear-felled
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10562
https://ebird.org/species/powowl1?siteLanguage=en_AU

#birds #owls #anticoagulants #ClearFelling #NativeForests #extinction #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #SaveTuckersNob #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark

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