New South Wales: On Monday morning the Government’s private native forestry bill, aimed at removing protection for core Koala habitat, gained attention, with Climate 200 regarding it as an election gift, the ALP opposing it, and speculation that Liberals Felicity Wilson and Leslie Williams, and Nationals Geoff Provest, could cross the floor or abstain. By…
Please note that the protest to help convince Geoff Provest to cross the floor or abstain when the Private Native Forestry bill is voted on has been cancelled as in anticipation of the defeat of the bill the Nationals have withdrawn [a success for the outraged response of voters]. “The NSW Government will not proceed…
UPDATE: The proposed Bill of the Nationals to further remove protections for native forests has been withdrawn because of community response made the passing of the bill unlikely [a success for forest protection and those who responded to the call for action]. ———- The koala wars are back and we only have days to stop…
UPDATE: The proposed Bill of the Nationals to further remove protections for native forests has been withdrawn because of community response made the passing of the bill unlikely [a success for forest protection and those who responded to the call for action]. [Original] NEFA MEDIA RELEASE: Perrottet’s Private Native Forestry logging bill is an all-out…
If you thought the news for koalas (and hence forests) couldn’t get any worse read the forwarded email from the Nature Conservation Council. If the NSW Nationals have their way that will be the outcome. They want to relax restrictions on private native forestry and strip Councils from having any say. Our local member Geoff…
The Caldera Environment Centre at the Knox Park Climate Ready Tweed festival Sunday November 13th:
https://www.studiokite.com/tinyhome Meet Jindi. Studio Kite’s 3D printed tiny home. Jindi is a Yugambeh-Bundjalung word used for nest. The Bundjalung Nation are the custodians of the northern coastal area of NSW. In collaboration with National Parks and Wildlife Services, Studio Kite designed a range of 3D-printed nests for endangered wildlife that were left homeless due to…
The Education Department plans to remove a legacy rainforest planting by students and Bruce Chick at Wollumbin High School. There was a well attended protest onsite on Friday 2nd to advocate for their retention and a different solution found if more space is justified. This urban forest is over 25 years old and shouldn’t be…
Below is the link to the survey and also the Caldera Environment Centre’s priority issues as a guide to help with your survey responses. Closing date is 12th Sept. CEC points – from the perspective of preserving Tweeds internationally significant biodiversity and maintaining the character of local ‘village’ communities as well as preserving productive farmlands. Suggested responses to survey questions: Q on places and types of residential development for…
The North Coast Regional Plan is the strategic plan for the future of the this region View the document with our highlighted texts for clarity and speed of reading: http://calderaenvironmentcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Draft_North_Coast_Regional_Plan_2041.pdf Submissions closed 24 August 2022 Caldera Environment Centre To NSW Dept Planning & EnvironmentEmail: northern@planning.nsw.gov.au Submission: Draft North Coast Regional Plan 2041 (NCRP). The Caldera…
The inquiry has been re-referred, with a revised title and terms of reference, included below. … you are invited to make a new submission to this inquiry by 31 August 2022, previous submissions are still to be considered. … lodge a submission through the committee’s website. Inquiry into Australia’s Extinction Crisis. Terms of Reference. Australia’s extinction crisis,…
Biodiversity – Executive Summary: “Australia’s biodiversity is under increased threat and has, overall, continued to decline. “… many species and communities suffer from the cumulative impacts of multiple pressures. Most jurisdictions consider the status of threatened species to be poor and the trend to be declining. “Invasive species, particularly feral animals, are unequivocally increasing the pressure they exert on Australia’s biodiversity, and habitat…
Caldera Environment Centre would like to thank you for participating in our event. We hope you had as much fun attending as we did organizing it. We want to hear your feedback so we can keep improving. It will also help with funding to keep the festival going. Please fill this quick survey and let us…
Update: Petition succeeded, it will be debated in the Legislative Assembly at 4pm on 15/09/2022. You can watch the debate on the webcast at https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/pages/la-webcast-page.aspx . ————— NCC is sponsoring a Parliamentary petition aimed at ending forest logging. The Petition must get 20,000 signatures in the by August 1, to force a debate in the…
Tweed Conservation Strategy: You don’t have to be an expert on anything to fill this in. It is an easy survey – just use your own words & experiences. Leave blank what you don’t know. You will have ample opportunity to learn more & make further comment when Tweed Council develops their conservation strategy later…
The Caldera World Environment Day Event promotes sustainability and protection of the natural environment, celebrates the environmental culture and ecological bio-diversity in our region, is a coming together to learn about and to discuss the challenges we face in living in the age of the ecological crisis, and is designed to be encouraging, inspiring,…
All charges were dismissed in Kyogle Court for the four forest protectors arrested in November for defending Cherry Tree State Forest from logging. Malveena Martyn, Naomi Shine, Ian Gaillard and Dee Mould, collectively known as the “Cherry Tree Four” who had their final day in court after over six months of legal action were relieved and…
The Wollumbin Caldera is one of the three top biodiversity hotspots in Australia. It covers an area of approximately 1500 sq km and supports around 1250 types of plants. The Caldera includes a high diversity of ecosystem types because it is in an area where temperate and sub-tropical bio-geographic areas, both terrestrial and marine, converge.…
The NSW government rejected the recommendation by the parliamentary inquiry into ‘Sustainability of energy supply and resources in New South Wales’ to stop burning native forests for electricity. However, earlier this year (17 March) Tweed Shire Council passed an amendment to exclude the purchase of renewable energy sourced from the burning of wood or waste as part of…
New South Wales: At the south coast Upper House hearings into the ’Long term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry’ concerns were raised about the frequency of logging breaches, the slow investigations, the lack of third-party enforcement, the logging of burnt forests and the pitiful returns on native forest logging, whereas…
Forests are the most biologically diverse ecosystems on land and accommodate more than 80% of the terrestrial specifies of animals, plants and insects. Forests cover 30% of the earth’s surface and are vital habitats for millions of species, they are sources of clean air and water, and of course crucial for fighting climate change. A…
“If the NSW and Federal Governments continue to refuse to [stop logging public native forests and stopping clearing forests], it is your responsibility to stand up and speak out to make them.” Big old trees are awesome, hundreds of years old, towering 8-12 stories high, apartment complexes for hollow-dependent animals with larders for Koalas, gliders, possums…
NSW Forestry Minister Dugald Saunders has confirmed negotiations are on foot to extend North Coast logging contracts for five years to 2028 despite a Government report warning that existing logging cannot continue and that post fire logging presents a risk of “serious or irreversible harm” to native forests. Independent NSW MLC Justin Field said “It’s…
Western Australia has banned it. Victoria has set an end date. Queensland is ceasing it in two years. By contrast, the NSW government is still logging native forests. Taxpayers are being forced to fork out $441 for every hectare of native forest cut down. That’s $20 million of public money each year to subsidise the…
Lock The Gate have asked for submissions to the Independent Planning Commission in objection to the new expansion of the Whitehaven Narrabri coal mine which will affect the environment as detailed below. The CEC submission: We (the Caldera Environment Centre, Murwillumbah NSW) object to the Whitehaven coal mine expansion at Narrabri. We object because the proposed…
From The North East Forest Aliance (NEFA) and The North Coast Environment Council (NCEC): Conservation groups are dismayed by the NSW Government’s rejection of the recommendations of the parliamentary inquiry ‘to prevent the burning of wood from native forests to generate energy’ and exclude its being classed as renewable energy. Contrary to the Government’s claims…
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY – Signing ePetition – End Public Native Forest Logging End Public Native Forest Logging in NSW. To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly. Public native forest logging is pushing iconic species like the koala, swift parrot and greater glider towards extinction. The 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires burnt over 5…
Here and now, at The Time of The Collapse Of The Ecology, they are doubling down on stupid. They are industrially feeding our native forests into furnaces, as a replacement for coal, to make electricity. They have changed the laws to take away the tree protections. They have made laws which say that burning forests…
1) Australian Native Forests Are To Replace Coal As Furnace Fuel For Electricity. Australian Native Forests are to be industrially fed into electricity power station furnaces overseas – to replace coal – to boil water to turn turbines to make electricity to be used momentarily then it is gone. ‘Somehow’, The European Union have legally…
NORTH EAST FOREST ALLIANCE: Scott Morrison announcement of $50 million for Koalas is a smokescreen to cover-up his Government’s approval for increased logging and clearing of Koala habitat, while allowing climate heating to run amok, threatening the future of both Koalas and the Great Barrier Reef, according to the North East Forest Alliance. “Without good…
