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Updated: January 10, 2012
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Land Clearing
Every year tens of thousands of hectares of Australian bushland are bulldozed, chained or poisoned to 'improve' land for forestry and agriculture. This is particularly the case in NT, Tasmania and parts of NSW. Clearing is a significant threat to wildlife and source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Land Clearing Updates
- Proposed fence a barrier to biodiversity - November 21, 2011
- Take action - contact the party leaders - February 01, 2012
- Why damn northern Australia? - September 20, 2011
- Broome ‘No gas hub’ campaign strengthens - August 03, 2011
A proposed barrier fence along the interface between the Great Western Woodlands and the southern edge of the West Australian Wheatbelt is threatening the Woodlands with further habitat fragmentation and destruction. The proposal involves 6000 ha of clearing and chaining, and the isolation of 300,000 ha of bush.
Your voice is powerful. Let our political leaders know they must protect the best of Queensland’s environment.
How many hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars is Tony Abbott prepared to pour down the bottomless pit labelled northern development to keep Barnaby Joyce and Bill Heffernan happy? Unfortunately it looks like the sky is the limit following reports that Team Abbott is refloating harebrain schemes to farm northern Australia by damming the rivers of the Top End.
This week hundreds of Broome residents met Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke at a ‘picnic in the park’ to tell him what they thought about Woodside’s plans for a huge industrial processing plant in their backyard.
Land Clearing Media Releases
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Wilderness Society takes environment campaign right up to Campbell Newman - November 07, 2011
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Bimblebox Nature Refuge protest comes to Queensland Parliament House - October 26, 2011
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12 months to polling day, environment groups put parties on notice - September 05, 2011
