Logging reprieve for Tuckers Knob

"Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) has been ordered to temporarily cease operations within Tuckers Knob after Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty suspended logging pending a survey of the area."

"The suspension was prompted by Gleniffer residents alerting the Minister to legislation within the Plantation and Reafforestation Act 1999... I’d been knocked back by Forestry, and then at the 11th hour, I got a letter from the Department of Primary Industries saying they aren’t aware what’s in there, and they’ve agreed to suspend logging and undertake an evaluation.”

“In planning every plantation operation, Forestry Corporation is required to identify any unique and special wildlife values which may be present and assess whether the operations are likely to have an impact on these,” said an FCNSW spokesperson."

“The area is koala habitat,” said Dr Tim Cadman...This is all within the footprint of the Great Koala National Park. Tuckers Knob is critical to the survival of the lowland coastal koalas in this area, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a plantation or native forest in the context of the National Park. It’s koala habitat, and koalas don’t read maps.”
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https://bellingenshirenews.com/2023/10/12/logging-reprieve-for-tuckers-knob/

Fundraising campaign for an ecologist to prove the existence of koalas, endemic wildlife and flora in Tuckers Nob SF, plus possible court costs
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https://www.gofundme.com/f/voice-for-koalas-be-a-part-of-the-solution

#FCNSW #NSWLogging #BellingenLogging #Bellingen #wildlife #denial #koalas #EcologicalSurveys #conservation #flora #ringwoods #biodiversity #TuckersNob026027 #SaveTuckersNob

Bellingen's Tuckers Nob Forest remnant vegetation to be logged

Inside Tuckers Nob State Forest (26/27) Dr. Tim Cadman documented threatened species (again). Many rainforest trees, such as threatened Ringwoods were identified. Syzygium anisatum/Anetholea anisata is endemic to the subtropical Bellinger Valley.

The background acoustics (in the video) is the fossil fuel machinery bashing their way through the native forest. (Hillier Trail) It is making the home of diverse and threatened wildlife and plants machine-ready for the clear-felling machines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3JPiYD0W9M

"Peer-reviewed scientific research here and overseas suggests clear-felling has serious, long-term and negative ecological effects. Such concerns have led to clear-felling being reviewed, modified, and in some cases, abandoned in developed countries such as the United States and Canada."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/clear-felling-a-big-burning-issue-20020513-gdu78r.html

#DevelopedCountries #Australia #ClearFelling #BellingenLogging #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #FossilFuel #SoundEcology #NSWForestry #SaveTuckersNob #StopLogging #RemnantVegetation #ThreatenedSpecies #flora #ringwoods #NativeForests #biodiversity #destruction