Native forest logging is ecocide
Thank you to Professor David Lindenmayer for multiple strong evidence-based arguments supporting a rapid end to native forest logging in NSW (“The NSW native forest logging industry is unsustainable – a fast transition out is needed now”, 19/10).
That any form of logging is occurring in any native forest, anywhere in Australia in 2024 is utterly absurd and should arguably be punishable as ecocide. Trouble is, if Victoria’s situation is anything to go by, even if we did receive a commitment from the NSW government to end native forest logging, rogue logging would continue under other guises.
We need a legislated end to native forest destruction across the country and an EPA with teeth to enforce it.
Anything less is a crime against nature.
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