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#settlersociety

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BellingenNSW

"We're a biodiversity hotspot, but we won't be if we cover the whole of it in suburbia."

"If you're putting roads through koala habitat, you see more car strikes.

If you're building houses in there, you get more dog attacks,

and ultimately also the more koalas are compressed, you see higher stress in the population, and that results in less resilience and greater disease."

"The science is clear. We need to [be building] up, not out. The most important thing councils can do is protect the habitat that's there and be involved in restoring areas."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-05-12/dro
#biodiversity #koalas #EndangeredSpecies #RemnantVegetation #NativeForests #sprawl #roads #cars #dogs #BellingenShire #suburbia #SettlerSociety

Koala habitat: Bongil Bongil National Park interface
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BellingenNSW

Welfare of koalas living in plantations: Aerial and ground-based shooting of koalas

"..The ongoing chronic animal welfare crisis facing koalas in southwest Victoria that has been unfolding for decades. The root cause being rampant habitat loss and the relentless expansion of the blue gum plantation industry. With their natural habitat diminished, koalas are left with nowhere safe to go...Only one animal was rescued and taken into care, while 1,061 were euthanised."
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au.news.yahoo.com/photos-expos
#biodiversity #koalas #marsupials #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #harm #plantations #monoculture #SettlerSociety #euthanasia #Australia

Yahoo News · Photos expose fresh blow after 1,061 koalas shot in national park: 'Sad truth'By Michael Dahlstrom
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BellingenNSW

A burden to native wildlife

Sarcoptic mange is a parasitic skin disease affecting many Australian wildlife species. The burrowing mite creates tunnels under the skin affecting many Australian wildlife animals. "The mite is invasive to Australia and was likely introduced by European settlers and their domestic animals around 200 years ago.”
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wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au

"The origins of sarcoptic mange in Australian native animals are poorly understood, with the most consistent conclusion being that mange was introduced by settlers and their dogs and subsequently becoming a major burden to native wildlife."
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parasitesandvectors.biomedcent
Fraser T, Charleston M et al. (2016) The emergence of sarcoptic mange in Australian wildlife: A long- standing and unresolved debate. Parasites and Vectors, 9: 316
#wildlife #conservation #parasites #Sarcoptidae #mange #koalas #wombats #bandicoots #possums #roaming #pets #dogs #SettlerSociety #Biosecurity #InvasiveSpecies

Koala habitat and roaming introduced canines
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NSW.Biodiversity

The family farm - years of 'bashing and burning'

"I bashed the trees down and burnt everything … I was a bash and burner."

"It took about 200 years to transform a once wild island into an agricultural powerhouse,
farmers raised to conquer the land; slashing native vegetation to make way for agriculture.Much of King Island's native vegetation has been cleared for farmland."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-04-21/kin
#extinction #farming #FamilyFarm #Australia #LandClearing #culture #SettlerSociety #machinery #SlashandBurn #deforestation #meat #biodiversity

ABC News · Farmer Fred Perry's 30-year conservation project creates bird haven after years of 'bashing and burning'By Meg Fergusson
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BellingenNSW

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

"Over the past decade, more than 550 Australian species have been either newly recognised as at risk of extinction or moved a step closer to being erased from the planet."

"Analysis shows 1,964,200 hectares of koala habitat was cleared between 2012 and 2021 – 81% of that in Queensland."

"Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since European invasion and colonisation – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity. The challenge is not only to stop the loss of habitat but to restore the environment in places it has been lost in 250 years of European-driven clearing."
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#biodiversity #ecosystems #loss #nature #wildlife #koalas #care #biosphere #laws #deforestation #extractivism #SettlerSociety #destruction #extinction #pollution #sprawl #housing #governance #ExtinctionCrisis #FossilFuels

The Guardian · Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?By Adam Morton
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BellingenNSW

Human-made ecosystems: Ecological novelty is now the "new normal" for our planet

"30-40% of the world's terrestrial ecosystems have already transformed into novel states."

"O'ahu as an "amazing crystal ball" that offers a glimpse of the future of our planet if humans continue to damage environments and drive species to extinction."

"Hawaii's O'ahu's lowland forests are now almost entirely devoid of the plants and animals that grew here for millions of years before the arrival of humans. Settlers brought extinctions by cutting down trees to make farms and introducing voracious predators and disease-carrying animals. Today, these tropical forests are a tapestry of non-native species introduced from every corner of the planet: Brazilian peppertree, Indonesian cinnamon and roseleaf bramble from the Himalayas and Australia. Most of the animals, including all the birds that Tarwater mentioned earlier, are also alien."

"We like to think of O'ahu as the cautionary tale for all the other Pacific Islands and the Hawaiian Islands. It's what you don't want to have happen – Corey Tarwater"
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bbc.com/future/article/2025040

Towards a novel biosphere in 2300: rapid and extensive global and biome-wide climatic novelty in the Anthropocene
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi
#biodiversity #biosphere #ecosystems #extinction #birds #loss #InvasiveSpecies #degradation #SettlerSociety #cattle #dogs #grasses #NovelEcosystems #weeds #restoration #Pacific

BBC · This Hawaiian island's 'freakosystems' are a warning from the futureBy Matthew Ponsford
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BellingenNSW

Extinction is a choice

"The Albanese government took power in May 2022, it pledged to end “wilful neglect” of the environment and to introduce stronger environmental laws "

"Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s why
Today, environmental group the Wilderness Society launched a case in the Federal Court against Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, arguing she and successive environment ministers have failed to meet their legal obligations to create threatened species recovery plans."
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theconversation.com/environmen
#Biodiversity #extinction #Australia #WilfulNeglect #laws #SettlerSociety #extractivism #ecocide

The ConversationEnvironment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s whyThousands of Australian species and ecological communities are threatened – and many don’t have a recovery plan in place.
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BellingenNSW

Exposing the ugly underbelly of settler colonialism in Australia

“This was a horrendous research experience, but it did expose the ugly underbelly of settler colonialism in Australia."
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theguardian.com/australia-news

Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia, 1788-1930
Data from the Colonial Frontier Massacres Digital Map Project led by Prof Lyndall Ryan at the University of Newcastle’s Centre for the 21st Century Humanities.
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c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonia
#TruthTelling #SettlerSociety #violence #colonialism #ConspiracyOfSilence #frontier #ResourceFrontiers #ContemporaneityOfTheNonContemporaneous #IndigenousPeoples #Australia

The Guardian · The killing times: a massacre map of Australia's frontier warsBy Nick Evershed
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NSW.Biodiversity

Provide habitat and fund wildlife hospitals!

"The WA Wildlife Hospital has seen a 17 per cent year-on-year increase in patient admissions over the past 15 years."
Reasons?
"These include increasing urban sprawl, with suburbs encroaching on natural habitats as the population grows, and attacks from introduced predators such as wandering cats, foxes and dogs."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/wa-
#Biodiversity #wildlife #birds #carers #sprawl #FishingHooks #roads #drivers #IntroducedSpecies #pets #dogs #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety

ABC News · Record admissions to WA Wildlife Hospital trigger fears it may have to send animals elsewhereBy ABC News
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BellingenNSW

Human-mediated extirpation of wildlife through logging

"Before industrial logging in south-west British Columbia, there were nearly 1,000 spotted owls in the old-growth forests. But they have vanished in recent decades, victims of habitat destruction. Activists have tried in vain to hold the government to account, alleging protected species laws have failed to prevent the extirpation of the owls."

"Efforts to revive the population have failed, with a pair of owls released from the breeding program dying within months. The lone female in the wild is also believed to have died."
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theguardian.com/world/2025/feb

What happened to the Northern Spotted Owl? >>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern
#LoggingImpacts #harm #birds #biodiversity #NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #Wildlife #habitat #destruction #degradation #extirpation #NSWLogging #SaveTuckersNob #koalas #BellingenLogging #SettlerSociety #governance #ecocide

The Guardian · Love rats: Canadians get chance to feed rodents named after old flames to owlsBy Leyland Cecco
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BellingenNSW

The cost of preventing extinction of Australia’s priority species

"It would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia’s priority species. The cost to reverse the decline of priority species and undo damage done by habitat loss, disease and other threats was estimated at $103.7 billion annually, while getting them off the threatened list entirely would require $157.7 billion per year.”

"Biodiversity loss and ecosystems collapse is ranked by the World Economic Forum as the second most significant global risk over the next decade, with 50 per cent of the global economy dependent on nature. " >>
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/02/0

Australians spent over $33 billion on their pets last year.
dogster.com/statistics/pet-spe
#biodiversity #ecosystems #extinction #risks #wildlife #SettlerSociety #pets #Australia #NaturePositive #values

Griffith News · The cost of preventing extinction of Australia’s priority species     - Griffith NewsA new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia’s priority
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BellingenNSW

"To be different without fear."
T.W. Adorno, Minima Moralia

"The referendum, Mr Sivaraman said, had "mainstreamed a torrent of racism" and emboldened people to "immediately challenge" any small measure granting self-determination to Indigenous people. People feel like the defeat of the Voice has given them licence to espouse their racist views...Racism towards First Nations people within Australia had been a "constant" for 238 years that "escalated dramatically" when there was something to attach it to, like cultural heritage protections or the Voice referendum."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/mt-

'Freedom is no fear.’ Nina Simone/ Nicholas Payton
visualizingabolition.ucsc.edu/

#referendum #IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #voice #silence #CulturalLandscape #sacred #respect #SettlerSociety #WhiteRage #violence #racism #safety #discrimination #denial #backlash #tolerance for #ambiguity #AuthoritarianPersonality #fear #loss #mountains #climbing #industry #Australia #freedom

ABC News · Aboriginal people in western Victoria say Mt Arapiles plan has triggered racial abuseBy Julia Bergin
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BellingenNSW

HOME UNSETTLED

Settlers are detached from the land and mostly mistake "Little boxes made of ticky tacky" as 'home.' But now
"Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose it."

Val Plumwood ... "argues that, under capitalism, the idea of personal belonging to a particular place or dwelling is often framed as being more important than many other vital attachments to place, such as connection to land. She uses the term “shadow places” to describe the ecosystems we exclude and exploit – including our forests and waterways – even though they are fundamental to our existence. These places provide essential labour, nourishment and the conditions we need to survive and flourish. For Plumwood, an expanded sense of “home” would encompass the broader ecological context we exist within."

" Indigenous Australian law scholar Irene Watson explains colonisers were already alienated from a sense of connection to land when they came to “Australia”. This disconnection led them to plunder the land, treating it as a commodity rather than a living, complex ecosystem that nurtures and is nurtured by First Nations peoples."
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theconversation.com/climate-ch

Malvina Reynolds - Little boxes on the hillside, Full Version with Lyrics >>
youtube.com/watch?v=VUoXtddNPAM
#Country #IndigenousPeoples #care #displacement #land #privatisation #commodification #LandSpeculation #landlordism #rentierisation #SettlerSociety #suburbia #housing #sprawl #homeplace #ClimateBreakdown #values #australia #NativeForests #plunder #ecosystems #biodiversity #ExtinctionCrisis #FossilFuels #extractivism #loss #home

The ConversationClimate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose itPhilosophers explain how our mainstream understanding of ‘home’ is a culturally specific one, and how it could be broadened.
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BellingenNSW

Country Knowledge through Space, Time and Mobility
Mindful journey or instrumental reason?

At any Australian coast one usually hears the drone of speeding tinnies or even jet ski. Run by fossil fuel they are loud, fast and polluting. Fishermen, like car drivers operate in a 'getting things done’ modus.

But the acceleration of motorised (maritime) mobility is not conductive to the encounter between people and Country.

Indigenous Australians are renewing and maintaining the slow quiet movement of canoes to allow a different people-place relation.

“Moving faster can unsettle the possibilities for interaction that involves sitting near, listening, observing and engaging…The point is that the way we move is intimately connected to the way we know.”

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Transport study reveals why journey is as important as the destination
scimex.org/newsfeed/transport-
#mobility #maritime #motorboats #boats #tinnies #cars #FossilFuels #noise #pollution #technology #speed #SocialAcceleration #canoes #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousKnowledge #mindful #journey #SettlerSociety

Fisherman & fisherwoman on tinnnie, Bellingen
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BellingenNSW

Reversing Australia’s trajectory of biodiversity decline

"Australia has ... lost at least 100 species since European colonisation."

"To undo all the human-induced damage and bring nature roaring back across their viable continental range would come with a staggering cost – A$583 billion per year, every year, for at least 30 years. That’s 25% of our GDP. "

"The most cost-effective action is to avoid further damage."
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theconversation.com/fully-reco
#biodiversity #destruction #harm #australia #SettlerSociety #weeds #lantana #IntroducedSpecies #restoration #conservation #repair

The ConversationFully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once – so let’s start hereThis new research estimates the price and benefits of recovering threatened species – and offers cost-effective ways for environment groups, farmers, governments and others to make a difference.
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BellingenNSW

Confronting devastating destruction

"Since Europeans arrived in Australia, much of the country has become severely degraded."

"Around 40% of our forests and 99% of grasslands have been cut down and cleared, and much of what remains is under threat. Thousands of ecological communities, plants and animal species are threatened with extinction."

"Australia remains a global logging and deforestation hotspot. We have the world’s worst record for mammal extinctions and lead the world in arresting climate and environment protesters. To top it off, a recent study estimated more than 9,000 native Australian animals, mostly invertebrates, have gone extinct since European arrival. That’s between one and three species every week."
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theconversation.com/in-2025-le
#LoggingImpacts #LandClearing #deforestation #mining #degradation #extractivism #SettlerSociety #coal #climate #FossilFuels #BiodiversityCrisis #extinction #EcologicalGrief #destruction #conservation #change #Australia #NYE

The ConversationIn 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural worldAmidst habitat destruction and ecological grief, let’s make a New Year’s resolution for nature — to care for beetles and butterflies, rainforests and reefs, ourselves, and future generations.
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BellingenNSW

How can one get lost on a closed summit track?

"A large-scale search was launched on Sunday for Queensland doctor Csaba Varga, 54, at Wollumbin/Mount Warning." The search "focused on a steep, overgrown track that leads to the summit of the mountain, which has been closed to the public since 2020." The "summit track, is regarded as sacred to the Aboriginal community and remains closed to the public."
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abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/que
#MountainClimbing #climbing #mountains #summit #respect #Wollumbin #MountWarning #NSW #RescueMe #Queensland #SettlerSociety #sacred #IndigenousPeoples #BundjalungNation #NationalParks #conservation #biodiversity

conquering the summit
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