Be a part of the decision to avoid wasting the Aussie bush – and tens of millions of Aussie animals – from native forest logging!
Dr Sophie Scamps, Federal Member for Mackellar, has launched a petition to avoid wasting Australia’s native forests from additional destruction. She’s calling on the Federal Authorities to prepared the ground in banning native forest logging in all states. Particularly, the petition requires the Atmosphere Minister, Tanya Plibersek, to announce a nationwide finish to native forest logging earlier than the International Nature Optimistic Summit in Sydney on the Eighth-Tenth of October 2024.
And Dr Scamps needs your assist.
‘I want every Australian who bushwalks, camps or just enjoys a moment in nature to fight to save our Aussie bush’, stated Dr Scamps.
‘The majority of the timber taken from native state forests ends up as wood chips or low-value products like pallets and tomato stakes. Worse still, you and I subsidise this destructive practice, and despite this, state-owned forestry corporations have been losing millions on their native forest operations for years’, she stated.
Dr Scamps’ petition follows the signing of The Forest Pledge earlier this 12 months by politicians, environmental specialists, and NGOs – promising to stress native, state, and federal governments to finish the destruction and logging of native forests.
The Save the Aussie Bush marketing campaign and petition is an opportunity for the general public to point out help as properly.
Present your help for the marketing campaign!
An Pressing Name to Cease Deforestation
An estimated 50 million timber are bulldozed in Australia every year – resulting in the demise of over 70 million native animals. It has put us on high of the checklist worldwide for mammal extinction and second for biodiversity loss.
The affect of deforestation will proceed to develop until one thing drastic is finished. The Save the Aussie Bush marketing campaign requires a nationwide ban on native logging – as a extra pressing and impactful strategy than planting new timber.
Learn extra: The right way to Save Our Native Forests
The place is native forest logging nonetheless going down?
The beginning of 2024 noticed Victoria and Western Australia put an finish to native forest logging – and Queensland has plans in place to stop native logging in coming years. South Australia banned the follow within the 1870s and the ACT did so within the Nineteen Eighties.
Environmentalists have been campaigning to cease native logging in NSW and Tasmania – however Dr Scamps has known as on the Federal Parliament to prepared the ground by putting bans throughout all states, leaving no room for exemptions or loopholes.
Learn extra: This Forest Close to Bellingen’s Promised Land is Being Logged
Campaigning to guard Tasmania’s native forests | Picture because of Megan Holbeck
The place do I signal?
Signal the Save the Aussie Bush petition on-line to point out your help and stress the Federal Authorities to finish native logging Australia-wide.
Characteristic picture by Cam Suttie
