Halt the extinction of native species, stop logging unburnt forest in NSW! #timetologoff
The issue
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a State of Emergency when the bushfires were roaring. The truth is, for nature the state of emergency is continuing, yet the NSW Government is allowing industrial logging to continue.
The region around Styx River State Forest - halfway between Armidale and Nambucca Heads - was heavily burned in the catastrophic bushfires. The few healthy patches left are some of the most important unburnt habitat in the region for the Spotted-tail Quoll, Greater Glider and the Hastings River Mouse (Nature Conservation Council, 2020).
The New South Wales Forestry Corporation has continued to log unburnt forest that is habitat for some of the most imperilled species in the aftermath of the state’s bushfire crisis. Logging operations have continued in the Styx River state forest on the north coast that is now remnant habitat for endangered species including the greater glider and the Hastings River mouse.
Both the federal and state governments have identified the mouse, which had 82% of its habitat burnt, as one of the species most at risk of extinction as a result of the bushfire disaster. Logging trucks have also moved into an area of the Lower Bucca state forest that is part of the proposed Great Koala national park. Twenty-four percent of koala habitat was burnt, and it is believed that up to 30 percent of the koala population in this area was killed.
Environmental groups and politicians have expressed alarm over the NSW Forestry Corporation’s decision to continue logging on such fragile habitat. The Nature Conservation Council of NSW has called upon the government to halt logging operations in unburnt areas until full assessment of the impact of the fires is complete. In accordance with the council, sign below to demand that the Forestry Corporation stop logging in fragile, unburnt forest that is home to many endangered species.
#TIMETOLOGOFF
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The issue
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a State of Emergency when the bushfires were roaring. The truth is, for nature the state of emergency is continuing, yet the NSW Government is allowing industrial logging to continue.
The region around Styx River State Forest - halfway between Armidale and Nambucca Heads - was heavily burned in the catastrophic bushfires. The few healthy patches left are some of the most important unburnt habitat in the region for the Spotted-tail Quoll, Greater Glider and the Hastings River Mouse (Nature Conservation Council, 2020).
The New South Wales Forestry Corporation has continued to log unburnt forest that is habitat for some of the most imperilled species in the aftermath of the state’s bushfire crisis. Logging operations have continued in the Styx River state forest on the north coast that is now remnant habitat for endangered species including the greater glider and the Hastings River mouse.
Both the federal and state governments have identified the mouse, which had 82% of its habitat burnt, as one of the species most at risk of extinction as a result of the bushfire disaster. Logging trucks have also moved into an area of the Lower Bucca state forest that is part of the proposed Great Koala national park. Twenty-four percent of koala habitat was burnt, and it is believed that up to 30 percent of the koala population in this area was killed.
Environmental groups and politicians have expressed alarm over the NSW Forestry Corporation’s decision to continue logging on such fragile habitat. The Nature Conservation Council of NSW has called upon the government to halt logging operations in unburnt areas until full assessment of the impact of the fires is complete. In accordance with the council, sign below to demand that the Forestry Corporation stop logging in fragile, unburnt forest that is home to many endangered species.
#TIMETOLOGOFF
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Petition created on 17 March 2020