The threat of biomass burning has resurfaced in NSW. Verdant Earth Technologies (Verdant) is proposing to re-open the Redbank Power Station (near Singleton, NSW) to operate as a biomass power station, using trees cleared on farms under woefully weak land clearing laws.
The threat of biomass burning has resurfaced in NSW. Verdant Earth Technologies (Verdant) is proposing to re-open the Redbank Power Station (near Singleton, NSW) to operate as a...
On Friday 16th February the EPA announced revised 'protection' protocols for logging in NSW, which significantly scale back previous requirements.
On Friday 16th February the EPA announced revised 'protection' protocols for logging in NSW, which significantly scale back previous requirements.
Without warning the EPA has made changes to the NSW logging protocols that have scrapped the need to find and protect all den trees with a 50m logging exclusion zone. This weakening of protocols could mean the accelerated extinction of greater gliders in NSW.
Without warning the EPA has made changes to the NSW logging protocols that have scrapped the need to find and protect all den trees with a 50m logging exclusion...
The renowned naturalist and writer John Blay has an unsurpassed knowledge of the forests of southeast Australia. And the damage that they are suffering. In this brief essay he calls upon the NSW State Government to immediately convert tall forest sections of nine State Forests to National Park.
The renowned naturalist and writer John Blay has an unsurpassed knowledge of the forests of southeast Australia. And the damage that they are suffering. In this brief essay he calls upon the NSW...
One of Australia’s icons, the Emu is the second largest bird in the world standing at 1.6 to 1.9 meters tall and weighing up to 55kg. They belong to the flightless bird family called ratites who are the oldest form of birds including Cassowaries, Ostriches...
One of Australia’s icons, the Emu is the second largest bird in the world standing at 1.6 to 1.9 meters tall and weighing up to 55kg. They belong...
Australia’s native Echidna is a unique species that continues to puzzle researchers and scientists. Unchanged since prehistoric times, these peculiar egg-laying mammals are part of a group of five monotremes, including the four echidna species and the platypus. Echidna’s have no teeth and their beady...
Australia’s native Echidna is a unique species that continues to puzzle researchers and scientists. Unchanged since prehistoric times, these peculiar egg-laying mammals are part of a group of...
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Keeping large, ecologically undisturbed wild places intact helps protect Australia's indigenous cultural heritage, insure against biodiversity loss and turn the table on climate change.
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