BellingenNSW<p>Traumatised koalas in clear felled forests on the mid-north coast<br>The Carbon Credit Grift Destroying Koala Habitat </p><p>"The NSW Labor Government took office promising to create a vast koala sanctuary on the state’s mid-north coast – the Great Koala National Park. Despite the threat of koala extinction in the state, more than a year later the Great Koala National Park is yet to be established.<br>Last year, NSW Premier Chris Minns' remarkable admission disclosed a further motive for the go-slow: the government is reluctant to create the new national park or end logging and land clearing that is destroying koala habitat until it secures another way to make money from the trees. In essence, it wants to exploit the forests for carbon credits."<br>>> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDzW-f8y8F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=MDzW-f8y8F</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p>Are koalas being traded for carbon credits? (audio)<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/koala-carbon-credits-stephen-long/103687144" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/listen/programs/lat</span><span class="invisible">enightlive/koala-carbon-credits-stephen-long/103687144</span></a></p><p>End all logging in public native forests and koala habitat<br><a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/video-report-the-carbon-credit-grift-destroying-koala-habitat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">australiainstitute.org.au/post</span><span class="invisible">/video-report-the-carbon-credit-grift-destroying-koala-habitat/</span></a></p><p>"Dr Henry, who chairs the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, said the government should establish a public fund to spur corporate involvement in “nature-positive” land protection and repair."<br><a href="https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/henry-demands-billions-for-nature-repair-market-20240409-p5fiho" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">afr.com/policy/energy-and-clim</span><span class="invisible">ate/henry-demands-billions-for-nature-repair-market-20240409-p5fiho</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSWLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSWLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FCNSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FCNSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheGreatKoalaNationalPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreatKoalaNationalPark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PineCreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PineCreek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MidNorthcCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidNorthcCoast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GumbaynggirrCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GumbaynggirrCountry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>failure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/offsets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offsets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NaturePositive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePositive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> makers</p>