Car bogged in an environmentally sensitive area

"A man had attempted to cross a saltpan in the Bowling Green Bay National Park, taking a 3km shortcut. These wide expanses are unique to the North Queensland landscape and are internationally recognised for their significance as a RAMSAR wetland. Getting bogged uproots vegetation, causes soil compaction and erosion, disturbs bird and crustacean populations and has the potential for contamination. It can take years to recover when damaged by 4WDs."
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-man-cops-322-fine-after-failed-shortcut-ends-with-4wd-stuck-for-six-weeks-035343733.html
#RamsarConvention #ramsar #saltpan #conservation #CarBrain #cars #4WDs #destruction

Recycling facility used as alleged illegal dump for thousands of tonnes of toxic waste on Fraser Coast

"There are multiple threatened species of turtles and fish living in that part of the Mary River. Toxic waste could be transported down the river channel into the estuary in the coastal zone."
#RamsarConvention #rivers #MaryRiver #turtles #lungfish #platypus #dumping #waste #toxins #ThreatenedSpecies #BushProperties #FraserCoast #WasteManagement

#Shorebirds fly for more than 10,000 kilometres and they expect to find a buffet [when they arrive] to fatten up. #Toondah Harbour: should a wetland home to endangered #birds become $1.3bn worth of shops, high-rises and a marina?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/27/should-a-wetland-home-to-endangered-birds-become-13bn-worth-of-shops-high-rises-and-a-marina
Protected #Wetland #MigratoryBirds #RamsarConvention