Logging and koalas do not mix
Spoiler: End native forest logging altogether, seek World Heritage protection for these forests.
"Koalas cannot read maps, and do not understand human zoning. If their habitat in plantations is cleared, they die – just as we’ve seen in Victoria, where deaths of koalas in blue gum plantations have made national news."
"For a koala-protecting National Park to actually protect koalas, it must be based on the identification and reservation of high value habitat – such as hardwood plantations. If we leave all plantations out, some of the best habitat in the park will continue to be logged. Without plantations, the park will be filled with holes, severing critical corridors and hampering the movement of koalas."
What should we do?
"We have to restore the areas lost to logging and the Black Summer bushfires and flag more forested areas for inclusion – especially unburnt habitat. And the government has to end logging within the proposed park area. If we want a viable alternative, the government should begin new plantations outside the park area and buy out existing logging contracts inside the park. Logging and koalas do not mix."
The third coat of #primer is applied to my studio desk (in #restoration) despite #humidity levels between 88% and 98%. The hardest part is the sanding in between, because the paint does not dry completely even after days in these conditions. #rain#tropics
"We are a traumatized people living in a traumatized ecosystem. Our history and culture have profoundly alienated us from nature, from our own natures, from each other’s natures."
London's Big Ben is finally restored, but the rest of Westminster is threatened by decay.
Visits to the iconic tower have resumed after five years of work. The final cost has more than doubled compared with the initial budget, due to the building's fragile condition caused by German bombing raids of May 1941.
"We found a genius way to revive a poisoned river
In 2022, millions of #fish died in the Oder river. The reasons were mysterious at first. A year later, we see clearer - and we know how to help! Together with our partner @RewildingOderDelta, we’re building a lifeline for the struggling river ecosystem." #restoration#rewilding#permaculture#pollution https://youtu.be/ZgItGjKu4mQ
“I’ve been dreaming about this moment since the day I started at American Prairie almost six years ago. Some of us for much longer,” wrote Daniel Kinka, senior wildlife restoration manager for the nonprofit group. “Other than bison roaming, I don’t think there is any better symbol of prairie wildness than a grizzly bear.”
Nov 15, 2023 "#Permaculture instructor #AndrewMillison journeys to #Senegal to see a movement of forest gardens which are contributing to Africa's Great Green Wall. Andrew accompanies the organization Planet Wild to visit the excellent work of #Trees for the Future. Planet Wild is funding the planting of 40,000 trees in this project so we are here to assess the system and report on the situation on the ground." #restoration#desert#Sahara #climate#ClimateChange https://youtu.be/1LCTVO_Y5Rs
What should happen to native forests when logging ends? Ask Victoria’s First Peoples
"Conservationists are celebrating a win sought for decades. The damage done by logging on biodiversity has been significant, with once common species now endangered and mature forests now fragmented and dotted with young fire-prone regrowth."
"Colonisation affected Country differently across Australia. But many effects are similar across the continent. European-style land management coincides with species extinctions across the continent. "
>> https://theconversation.com/what-should-happen-to-native-forests-when-logging-ends-ask-victorias-first-peoples-206412
Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia
"We conclude that 100 Australian endemic species are validly recognised as extinct since 1788: a rate of loss of about 4.3 species per decade since European colonisation of the continent. This rate is not diminishing and we interpret this more-or-less constant but continuing rate of loss .."
“We’ve already seen lots of the harmful impacts of #plastic waste from mussel farms on the seafloor,” says Jenny Hillman, a marine scientist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
“So, we’re really excited about what this research offers to support better practices in #mussel restoration—and in the #aquaculture industry.”
Restoration or destruction?
Elsewhere they start to restore and protect nature, in Australia the environment stays poor and is deteriorating
"Nature is dying faster than ever before in recorded human history with devastating consequences for people and the planet, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) found in its review of the scientific research in 2019. In Europe, where more than 80% of habitats are in poor shape, the nature restoration law was proposed in a bid to reverse this trend and stop the planet heating."
"Legislation will set targets to restore 20% of EU land and seas by 2030, and 90% of degraded habitats by 2050"
Restorers were going to toss out this table (preexisting damage from putting boiling hot canned tomatoes on it), so I decided to restore it since we'd like to keep it. Flipped the top over (other side is all water stains and rings). Sanded, filled holes, and treated with boiled linseed oil. #furniture#restoration
"Grazers can bring myriad benefits to landscapes. Bison can improve plant diversity in Midwest #prairies by cropping dominant grasses. Elephants boost #carbon storage in African #forests by munching on less carbon-rich trees.
"But there’s another side to the coin. Their appetite for greenery, particularly when inflicted on already damaged #ecosystems or left untamed by predators, can wreak havoc."
@brett I don't know if I missed something or forgot anything, but have we seen any real statement from the hospitals or TransForm about whether they had recent and usable backups?
26 Oct 1660: Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, Sir Maurice Eustace & Sir Charles Coote appointed as Lords Justices of Charles II’s restored government of Ireland #otd. #Restoration
Climate change is an immediate threat to the majority of the world's population.
We need a local, regional, state, national, and international "moon shot" type of concentration of effort using available resources while developing and advancing new science and technologies to counteract the damage humans have caused.
Without this type of all-out, universal cooperation, human civilization, and perhaps humanity itself, are in imminent danger of extinction.