Stop land clearing now

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Hollow-bearing trees have been chopped down on a rural property in northern NSW, leaving families of sugar gliders homeless and in care.

Tree destruction in NSW must stop. The NSW Government needs to urgently fix our land clearing laws that is allowing mature native vegetation to be destroyed.

This time, citizens were able to quickly raise the alarm and the clearing has been halted for 40 days, while the environment department investigates.

Sadly, most land clearing happens on rural land. It often happens out of sight, and out of mind. And the victims usually go unseen.

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Hollow-bearing trees have been chopped down on a rural property in northern NSW, leaving families of sugar gliders homeless and in care.

Tree destruction in NSW must stop. The NSW Government needs to urgently fix our land clearing laws that is allowing mature native vegetation to be destroyed.

This time, citizens were able to quickly raise the alarm and the clearing has been halted for 40 days, while the environment department investigates.

Sadly, most land clearing happens on rural land. It often happens out of sight, and out of mind. And the victims usually go unseen.

Every week, around 370 hectares of trees are cut down on rural properties in NSW — an area roughly the size of 175 AFL football fields.

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I am writing about the clearing of old growth trees on rural land in northern NSW that I saw on 7 News this week. The tree destruction resulted in the displacement of sugar gliders and the destruction of hollow- bearing trees that provide critical habitat for wildlife.

While I appreciate that a Stop Work Order has now been issued while the matter is investigated, this incident highlights the urgent need for stronger protections for mature native trees and the wildlife that depends on them. Once old growth trees and their hollows are lost, they simply cannot be replaced within our lifetime.

NSW’s current land clearing laws are too weak. In many cases, they allow extensive clearing of native vegetation and mature trees. This is unacceptable.
 
I respectfully ask that you advocate for stronger land clearing laws, including:

1) introducing an objective that ensure clearing is only permitted where environmental outcomes are maintained or improved, 
2) removing high risk clearing codes that allow removal of mature vegetation, including removing codes for paddock tree and equity clearing, and 
3) replacing self-assessment pathways that allow landowners to approve their own clearing with a requirement for ecological surveys so that wildlife habitat is identified before decisions are made.

I hope you will advocate for these important land clearing reforms to better protect NSW’s wildlife.

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