Research finds almost all land cleared in the state between 2016 and 2021 in areas where threatened species habitat ‘likely to occur’
The majority of clearing occurred in regrowth forest more than 15 years old, which experts say would have been rich potential habitat for native animals.The majority of clearing occurred in regrowth forest more than 15 years old, which experts say would have been rich potential habitat for native animals.
The majority of recorded land clearing occurred in regrowth forest that was more than 15 years old, which Taylor said made it“Industry voices like to say this is just controlling knee-high regrowth, so it’s just vegetation management,” he said. “ a 15-year-old eucalypt forest can be at least 10 to 15 metres high – they are forests.”
Gemma Plesman, a senior campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said the report documented deforestation on a “frightening” scale. She said the state’s annual “It’s having an impact on iconic native species like the koala, the greater glider, the red goshawk, it’s tearing down their homes and
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