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Government
to maintain
kangaroo cull despite
bushfires
12
January, 2020
Despite
estimates that over a billion animals have been killed by bushfires,
the NSW government has given no indication it will cease commercial
kangaroo culling.
A
spokesperson for the NSW Department of Planning Industry and
Environment (DPIE) told Yahoo News Australia that a significant
portion of the fire activity in NSW was in the non-commercial
management zone along the coast.
The
spokesman noted that commercial harvesting had already been suspended
in four areas due to low population densities.
“DPIE
will be monitoring fire and harvesting activity within the commercial
management zones and will be engaging with commercial harvesters and
animal dealers that may operate within the affected zones,” the
spokesperson said.
“Our
goal is to ensure that kangaroo populations remain ecologically
sustainable.”
In
the fire-ravaged coastal areas, at least two prominent kangaroo
sanctuaries have been decimated by the fires.
Sara
Tilling from Cobargo Wildlife Sanctuary told Yahoo News Australia
that few animals remain alive on her 850-acre property.
“We’ve
just lost our only survivor from our mob. I’m not in a great space
right now,” she said.
Nearby,
Wild2Free near Batemans Bay was also destroyed, but a handful of
kangaroos remain and they are being tended to by sanctuary owner Rae
Harvey.
Ms
Harvey told Yahoo News Australia last week that before the fires she
considered the area to be the last stronghold of kangaroos in NSW.
“The
fires have gone all the way to the water and they’ve had nowhere
left to run,” she said.
“I
couldn’t talk to people about it – I just felt their fear, and
pain.
“There’s
no wildlife left now, we’re killing the last of them.”
“Unless
a sophisticated aerial count is done, there’s absolutely no way the
minister for the environment should allow any slaughter of any
kangaroo for any purpose,” he said.
“That
doesn’t matter whether it’s commercial, mitigation, or
recreational.
“The
government should move to ceasing all harm to them.”
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Mr
Pearson revealed that after assisting with fire-affected animals, he
submitted a letter to the NSW environment minister today calling for
the kangaroo cull to be immediately halted.
He
noted the Victorian government announced yesterday that it will
suspend the commercial cull until authorities could ascertain how
wildlife numbers had been impacted by the fires.
At least 80% of the Blue Mountains world heritage area and more than 50% of the Gondwana world heritage rainforests have burned in Australia’s ongoing bushfire crisis.
The scale of the disaster is such that it could affect the diversity of eucalypts for which the Blue Mountains world heritage area is recognised, said John Merson, the executive director of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute.
The data is based on a Guardian Australia analysis of areas burned in New South Wales and Queensland and was confirmed by the NSW government.
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The
Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission has found Australia’s
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) acted unlawfully and
“completely ignored” climate change projections when determining
water allocation.
The
findings of the Commission were made public on Thursday and
highlighted the complex web of issues threatening the Murray which
are exemplified by the recent fish deaths in the Darling River and
dry riverbeds at Walgett in NSW.
The
report was particularly critical of the government’s failure to
acknowledge scientist recommendations in the past and lack of
openness when describing water management decision-making processes.
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Parts
of Australia are littered with animal carcasses as wildfires continue
to devastate the country, an animal charity has said.
“I
can barely describe it,” says Evan Quartermain from Humane Society
International. “In some places you can’t walk 10 metres without
coming across another carcass.”
The
charity has rescued animals on Kangaroo Island suffering from burns,
smoke inhalation and mental trauma, as well as building food and
water stations for unharmed animals.
The
island – famous for its natural wildlife – is “utterly scorched
with charred animal bodies everywhere”, according to the Humane
Society International CEO.
“At
one area, which was badly burned a week ago, the scenes were nothing
short of apocalyptic,” Erica Martin said.
Countless
Australians have been impacted by the bushfire crisis, with the
blazes turning many lives completely upside down.
A
series of aerial images taken in bushfire affected areas and provided
by Nearmap show the major impact these fires have had on multiple
communities.
A
DROUGHT-HIT Australian town has run of water weeks after a Chinese
water extraction operation was given the go-ahead.
The
town of Stanthorpe in Queensland is dependent on 42 truckloads of
water a day, which is transported in from a dam around 60km (37
miles) away.
As
a mega-fire continues to burn in the Blue Mountains World Heritage
Area near Sydney, concern about the future of some of the region's
unique flora and fauna is increasing.
Key
points:
-
Experts say it could take centuries for the ecosystem to recover after the bushfires — if at all
- Wildlife rescue groups have seen a large loss of kangaroos, wallabies, possums, insects and marsupials, and other groups fear relic plant species could be "wiped out"
- The Invasive Species Council is calling for culls to address feral animal populations while vegetation cover is reduced
Local
plant and animal rescue groups have been swinging into action to help
with recovery, but one expert has warned that the environment may
"never recover".
"It
will take decades or even centuries to recover," said Brajesh
Singh, an ecosystem ecologist at the Hawkesbury Institute.
"And
the rate of recovery will also depend on rainfall in the next few
weeks, months and years.
"Action
should be taken reduce greenhouse emissions, move to a carbon neutral
economy and reduce the rate of global warming."
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From April, 2017
“We
have been made trespassers on our own country,”
The
Queensland government has extinguished native title over 1,385
hectares of Wangan and Jagalingou country for the proposed Adani
coalmine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin - without any public
announcement of the decision.
The
decision could see Wangan and Jagalingou protesters forcibly removed
by police from their traditional lands, including lands used for
ceremonies.
W&J
Council leader Adrian Burragubba, and a group of Wangan and
Jagalingou representatives, had been calling on the government to
rule out transferring their land, arguing they had never given their
consent for Adani to occupy their country.
In
a meeting with government officials Friday, seeking a halt on leases
being issued for mine infrastructure, they learned the state
government had instead granted Adani exclusive possession freehold
title over large swathes of their lands on Thursday, including the
area currently occupied for ceremonial purposes.
Bushfire
victims are wary of using caravans as temporary accommodation due to
a NSW law preventing their long-term use without council approval.
The
issue was discovered by volunteer organisation Find A Bed, which was
set up as a mediator between those who want to donate between the
bushfire recovery effort and victims.
They
have received caravans as donations for emergency accommodation, but
a state law is stopping people from accepting the offer.
The
legislation states caravans, campervans and tents can only be used
for two days at a time without prior council approval. They also
can’t be occupied for more than 60 days over a 12-month period.
Find
A Bed co-founder Erin Riley tells Luke Grant they have approached the
state government and asked for an exemption for bushfire victims.
“We
haven’t got a yes yet but it was positive, so we’re hoping that a
bit of attention and a bit of pressure might get this amendment
added.”
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mine would be 'unviable' without $4.4bn in subsidies, report finds
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“We
have been made trespassers on our own country,” Burragubba said.
“Our
ceremonial grounds, in place for a time of mourning for our lands as
Adani begins its destructive processes, are now controlled by
billionaire miner Adani.
Click PLAY below to hear the full interview
