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Why NF Logging and Clearing Must End and Forests not be burnt for electricity (revised 2021)
The industrial logging of native forests and woodlands and the use of forest biomass as a fossil fuel substitute is disastrous for climate and biodiversity and should end, immediately.
Warnings of the danger of forest bioenergy that have gone unheeded are summarised in six points, below.
They include reasons why native forests and woodlands must be …
AFCA submission to the European Union Climate Target Initiative 2020
AFCA submitted to the 2030 EU Climate Target Initiative in relation to its erroneous regard that forest bioenergy is a renewable energy. We argued logically that emissions are without borders so all nation states must immediately reduce emissions and draw down excess atmospheric carbon to avoid irreversible global warming.
We argued for a cessation of fossil fuel combustion and protection …
Submission into the Royal Commission into Natural Disasters (Bushfire) with specific reference to bushfire
AFCA addressed the issue of catastrophic bushfires from a land management perspective that included the following recommendations
Recommendation 1: Recognise climate change as a primary driver of bushfire risk and logging native forests a major contributing factor to both climate change and bushfire risk
Recommendation 2: The Commonwealth to develop new policies for an end to native forest logging and …
Submission into routine review of Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
AFCA’s submission to the review of Australia’s cornerstone environmental legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, argues the Act is inadequate and needs to be strengthened. In particular it should not be weakened to devolve matters of national significance to the states, over-riding federal protection.
AFCA addressed the following issues:
Introduction
Section 1: Government failure to implement critical recommendations …
AFCA Submission To ARENA Bioenergy Roadmap
Australian Forests and Climate Alliance (AFCA) Submission to ARENA Bioenergy Roadmap – 10 June 2020
Recommendations
The ARENA Bioenergy Roadmap excludes forest derived bioenergy from consideration as an energy source in Australia’s future; for on- or off-shore consumption. Governments across Australia review and amend references to the use of native forest materials for fuel in legislation and regulation with a …
National Call to Immediately Halt Logging of Remaining Native Forests in the wake of the bushfire catastrophe.
National Call to Immediately Halt Logging of Remaining Native Forests in the wake of the bushfire catastrophe.
Download a copy of the March 2020 statement for your records (728 KB – pdf)
Stop Logging Native Forests! Give Forests A Chance!
National Call to Immediately Halt Logging of Remaining Native Forests in the wake of the bushfire catastrophe.
Stop Logging Native Forests! Give Forests A Chance!
Shocking Koala Deaths in Blue gum Plantations, ‘Business as Usual’ in Public Native Forests
The Australian Forests and Climate Alliance, (AFCA), condemns the koala deaths in a Victorian private plantation clearing operation recently but says the public need to know that wildlife carnage is business as usual in public native forests.
AFCA spokeswoman, Frances Pike says “The industrial logging machinery of native forest logging crushes, maims, …
Bushfire And Ferals A Recipe For Disaster
Bushfire And Ferals A Recipe For Disaster
14 January 2020 – Invasives Species Council – Media Release
Efforts to save Australian wildlife from the impacts of catastrophic bushfires will fail unless the control of foxes, feral cats, horses and deer are a major part of wildlife disaster recovery plans, the Invasive Species Council warned today.
The Invasive Species …