Where are the Greens?

[Black Orchid]

Record numbers of Australia's wildlife species face 'imminent extinction'. Fauna crisis highlights the failure of regional forest agreements, says Wilderness Society

Regional forest agreements have failed in the 20 years since they were established by state governments, says a new report, which reveals that record numbers of threatened forest dwelling fauna and many species are heading towards imminent extinction.

The report, Abandoned – Australia’s forest wildlife in crisis, has assessed the conservation status of federally listed forest-dwelling vertebrate fauna species affected by logging and associated roading and burning across Australia’s regional forest agreement (RFA) regions in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.

Released by the Wilderness Society this week, the report identified 48 federally-listed threatened species of forest-dwelling vertebrate fauna living in areas subject to state-run logging operations.

Four of those species – the leadbeater’s possum, swift parrot, western ringtail possum and regent honeyeater – are among the 20 bird and 20 mammal species most likely to become extinct within 20 years.

It also found that since the time the RFAs were signed, 11 forest vertebrate species had been raised to “endangered” or “critically endangered” categories, bringing the total to 24, and none had been lowered. Another 15 species were listed as threatened for the first time.

The report called for an end to exemptions for logging operations from federal environmental laws, an overhaul of those laws, and the establishment of new assessment and regulatory bodies.

More here ... https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... extinction


Where are the Greens? Too busy making rainbow crossings? Echo echo echo ...

It's about time they got back to their roots or change their name to the Buggerwits Party.

[Black Orchid]

[sprintcyclist]

I feel for the wildlife of Auss.

We are doing what we can and are planning a larger native flora environment to help native animals.

[Redneck]

I gather the things that are really becoming extinct at a really alarming rate are insects, beetles and bees etc.

I gather this is largely due to the extensive use of insecticides in agriculture.

In a program I recently heard discussing this, an example the commentator used was of how on any long trip years ago, you would have to clean the glass of your windscreen every time you filled up with petrol, not now days.

[Redneck]

I gather the things that are really becoming extinct at a really alarming rate are insects, beetles and bees etc.

I gather this is largely due to the extensive use of insecticides in agriculture.

In a program I recently heard discussing this, an example the commentator used was of how on any long trip years ago, you would have to clean the glass of your windscreen every time you filled up with petrol, not now days.

Even add flies to the list, hardly have to do the "Aussie salute" these days unless you are on a dairy farm although the introduced dung beetle may account for that!

[Nicole]

Yes the greens have lost their way. I have voted for them in the past based on their policy towards the Tasmanian forests. Do they even have a policy on that anymore?

It’s a shame that people like me who care about the environment will not vote for them because front of mind for The Greens is boat people, immigrants, and LGTQI shit.

[Black Orchid]

Distinct lack of butterflies too.

[Redneck]

The trouble is their current policies sound loopy to me!

Ban all coal mining and exports (And destroy 1000's of jobs )

Ban all Coal Powered power stations

etc etc

They need to really tone down their long term objectives imo

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I actually would like to see us build a new clean coal power station or even better Nuclear as electricity costs are out of control!

[Black Orchid]

We need a true environmental party. The Greens are just a bunch of progressive radical commies who couldn't give a damn about the environment and what we are losing whilst they run around flapping their arms and building rainbow crossings.

[IQS.RLOW]

I gather the things that are really becoming extinct at a really alarming rate are insects, beetles and bees etc.
I gather this is largely due to the extensive use of insecticides in agriculture.

Not quite, unless you did your gathering at a function of full of Leftist apocalyptics (is there any other type?)
https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/04/17/be ... -why-12851

If you were concerned after reading a sentence like “Populations of honeybees have crashed in recent years, and many researchers have pointed the blame at a class of widely used insecticides called neonicotinoids,” you are not alone. That’s how an otherwise excellent article in The Scientist summarizing a recent USDA study on honeybees’ molecular responses to neonicotinoids began.

But you needn't be. The narrative that honeybees, which are actually not even native to North America, Europe or Australia, face mortal danger and will take us down with them has been advanced by environmental groups for years and echoed in media, casual blogs and mainstream science sites. This twist on the news is so pervasive that it’s often accepted without question...

In a program I recently heard discussing this...

I'm guessing it was the taxpayer funded Greens and ALP aligned media arm of eco-catastrophists panic merchants?