nefanews: A new poll of 4,000 Australians shows that most want logging of native forests to stop. Australians were supportive of introducing new policies that could help protect biodiversity. The vast majority of people (80% or higher) support or strongly support:
- restoring water to wetlands and rivers
- increasing fines for people caught smuggling illegal wildlife or products
- restoring nature in cities and towns
- increasing fines for high polluters
- tougher fines and stronger laws to stop illegal habitat destruction and tree clearing.
More than 70% of people also support:
- banning logging in native forests
- introducing laws to prevent domestic cats roaming the streets
- requiring businesses to report their impact on nature
- establishing new protected areas (such as national parks) at places with high biodiversity.
70% support ban logging of native forests, 22% don’t know and just 8% support logging.
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