Bye bye billabong

The extensive clearing of native vegetation for sheep and cattle grazing has filled Australia’s precious waterholes with sediment, threatening the survival of the wildlife which depends on them.

Planet hamburger

Vast tracts of forest in Australia and around the world have been cleared to make pasture for cattle farming, with disastrous environmental effects. Restoring the world’s forest cover to combat climate change will therefore require a wholesale change in humanity’s taste for meat.

NSW’s war on wildlife

A new code which allows rural landholders in NSW to clear up to 25 metres of land outside their property boundary will be devastating for the wildlife that live or migrate there.

Australia’s silent spring

Vast areas of native Australian vegetation continue to be cleared for our cities, farms and infrastructure, threatening once common birds as well as the endangered species protected, to some extent, by legislation.

Queensland’s land clearing policy backfires

Australia has some of the highest rates of private land deforestation in the world, and policies designed to prevent the destruction of remnant natural vegetation may even be making it worse.