Data obtained through freedom of information laws has just revealed that logging and land clearing in NSW ramped up 80% in two years to mid-2017 and now the laws have been weakened further. The NSW Government has let the bulldozers run wild. Call on your MP to urgently act to protect our forests and koalas.
(This is what I wrote to my MP:
G’day Jamie,
I know I contacted your office about this only in the last month but I am doing so again so you can honestly quote numbers to those who say it is not a hot issue.
I consider destruction of native habitat is not only a hot issue, it is a RED hot issue! We have too much to lose by continuing our present course of action when viable alternatives abound. Hemp grows faster and has a better yield than conventional timber forests. Hemp also has the capacity to provide plastic free bags that will decompose in a fraction of the time as does plastic. We should be planting the stuff where we have torn down forests, not tearing down more native forests!
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https://www.nature.org.au/get-involved/take-action/tell-your-mp-to-stop-the-bulldozers/