Mastodawn

@pinhman I'm not sure if it's all inherited, but I do know when I lived there in the 80s there were a lot more small #farms than there are now. These may be owned by families, who came to control more and more, buying out the neighbourhood, and now being a kind of landed #gentry. Many have become #agribusinesses, no matter the #family tree.

NSW.Biodiversity Mar 11, 2025

Quintessentially Australian:

"Bulldozers made quick work of the Murray Darling Basin landscape."
"Bulldozers flattened trees and grasses which were then burned"
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/satellite-photos-reveal-disturbing-change-to-iconic-aussie-landscape-065657701.html
#biodiversity #EPBCAct #nature #conservation #LandClearing #MurrayDarlingBasin #agribusinesses #PropertyDevelopers #governance #destruction #NSW #Australia #climate #incineration

Satellite photos reveal 'disturbing' change to iconic Aussie landscape

There are calls for an investigation into what happened across 5,500 hectares of land. Find out more.

Yahoo News

ApaulD Mar 29, 2024

What is ‘ecological economics’ and why do we need to talk about it?
From Nov 2019.
Q: In 2024 why isn’t #government & #media screaming about it?
A: #agribusinesses #agrochemicals ?
#auspol #australia #politics #stupid
https://theconversation.com/what-is-ecological-economics-and-why-do-we-need-to-talk-about-it-123915

What is ‘ecological economics’ and why do we need to talk about it?

Ecological economics focuses on sustainability and development rather than efficiency and growth. Cities, as home to 70-80% of economic activity, are at the heart of the challenge of being sustainable.

The Conversation

bs2 Oct 27, 2023

> #LangdonWinner published a[n] article on.. whether technologies have inherent politics. He.. illustrated technopolitics by... the #MechanicalTomatoHarvester... by the University of California... led to massive job losses and increasing profit for the few growers... to afford them... resulted in the breeding of sturdier, less tasty #tomatoes that were #HarvesterCompatible, while solidifying the land-grant university and #agribusinesses as authoritative actors in agriculture and research.

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sheislaurence Jun 30, 2023

#capitalism has brought in large #agribusinesses that have created an artificial #ecology and wiped out smallhold #farms, #indigenous groups, structures that had lived together with nature for 100s of years

Joseph Lim

Mar 29, 2023

Dr Danny Marks Dublin CityU said smallholder farmers were unfairly blamed for #Thailand’s air #pollution. Most hv contracts with major #Thai #agribusinesses which also hv footprints in neighbouring countries where burning occurs.. Greater scrutiny is needed of #factories & #industries .. There's no emissions database documenting Thailand’s 140,000 factories. Instead the law regulating water & air waste was weakened in 2019 so small factories don't report their pollution"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/27/air-pollution-chokes-thailand-as-campaigners-call-for-stricter-laws-chiang-mai

Air pollution chokes Thailand as campaigners call for stricter laws

Chiang Mai listed as worst in the world for air quality in survey of 100 cities as pollution worsens during cooler months

The Guardian

Joseph Lim

Mar 17, 2023

#BangkokPost #PM25: Endless deja vu in #Thailand
"Thai agribusinesses have a high degree of culpability for burning in neighbouring countries, such as Laos & Myanmar, due to their investments & introduction of #contractfarming schemes there. However.. no government has ever held these #agribusinesses accountable or penalised them for the burning. A good example Thailand could follow is #Singapore's 2014 #Transboundary Haze #Pollution Act that targets the business sector"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2526290/pm2-5-endless-deja-vu-in-thailand

PM2.5: Endless deja vu in Thailand

This past week, two of Thailand's largest cities, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, earned the ignominious privilege of being among the 10 cities of the world with the worst air quality during that period. The Ministry of Public Health has blamed air pollution for causing 200,000 hospital admissions in the past week alone.

https://www.bangkokpost.com

FightTheFascism Oct 10, 2018

"Bolsonaro has also made his views on race blatantly clear: He has criticized the Brazilian government’s commitment to preserving vast swaths of the Amazon for #Indigenous people, promising that he will “not to give the Indians another inch of land.” Moreover, Bolsonaro has allied himself with the right-wing ruralista bloc, which represents the interests of #agribusinesses and large landholders"
#Brazil
#FarRight
#Elections