If #Queensland was a country, it would have been the ninth highest forest destroying nation globally in 2019 – just above China. In 2018-19, truly staggering land clearing, mostly by farmers and #cattle graziers, saw around 680,000 hectares of habitat destroyed – more than the preceding 18 years. The latest 2019-20 figures show 85% of all clearing was done to create new pasture.
https://theconversation.com/why-queensland-is-still-ground-zero-for-australian-deforestation-196644
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