Thousands of Koalas have been knowingly killed and maimed in harvesting machines and shredders by a plantation company for years. This has highlighted the deaths and horrific injuries of thousands of native animals that go on under the label of certified environmentally-friendly products, in both plantations and native forests. Koalas have highlighted just the tip …
FAMILIES will have to pay to stay at more than 100 of Victoria’s national park campgrounds for the first time, under a Napthine Government plan. And the cost of camping at premium sites where fees already apply will be hiked from an average $37 a night to about $59 a night. The Government is proposing …
Charging to enjoy our National Parks, they say is fairer for taxpayers and more ‘sustainable’.The logging industry however, is subsidised by taxpayers to the tune of about $60 million, yearly grazing agistment to beef farmers in the Alpine Park worth $1.4 million was offered for free (and fought for in the high court), but people …
This Report analyses the driving influences of the February 7 fires and looks at how the fires passed through and affected different areas of land including plantations, regrowth from logging and National Parks. The summary of the implications of the report is below and you can Download the full report here (PDF 6.2MB) This report …
by Claudine Ryan It’s not just those living in areas directly affected by bushfires who need to be aware of the dangers of bushfire smoke. Living nowhere near bush does not make you immune from the health impacts of bushfires. As smoke can travel considerable distances, people living hundreds of kilometres away from a bushfire …
The government has suddenly got its skates on and seems to be writing protection plans for threatened wildlife. EEG launched legal action against the Department for its failure to do this in early June. Suddenly the Supreme Court is looming and EEG and a few select groups have a generous 10 days to comment on …
This just shows how expendable our natural ecosystems and wildlife are in exchange for cheap political expedience. This quote is taken from the latest report of the Bushfires Royal Commission’s independent monitor, Neil Comrie(p.63). Thousands of people, including scientists and biologists have been saying this since day one. For Recommendation 57 which covers impacts on …
The early start to the bushfire season in NSW – 80 fires were burning yesterday across the state – will prompt many rural residents and the fire authorities to worry about whether this summer will see a repeat of last season’s drama in NSW or the terrifying ferocity of the 2009 Victorian bushfires. Predicting bad …
There’s no better recipe for long term assurance of fire storms into the future. By logging intact forests, government agencies are releasing hundreds or thousands of years of stored carbon into the atmosphere (adding to climate warming), as well as drying out and altering the structure of a natural forest. This makes them extremely fire …
