The destruction is sickening

Dear ,

After falling sharply from 2005, land clearing in Australia is once again rising dramatically thanks to the severe weakening of land clearing laws by state governments.

To understand the impact of tree clearing on climate change more clearly, we commissioned CO2 Australia to conduct a full report. The results in this report confirm that Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions from tree clearing are skyrocketing, with land-sector emissions almost doubling in the past three years.

• Queensland’s tree-clearing rates have doubled since the Newman LNP Government gutted the laws.
• Tree-clearing emissions could wipe out Turnbull’s Emissions Reduction Fund in two years.
• Tree clearing, a major contributor to climate change, is spiralling out of control again, led by Queensland.
• Tree-clearing emissions may reach 55 million tonnes a year, about 10% of Australia’s entire annual emissions and an almost 50% increase from 37.2Mt in 2013.

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This is outrageous! The bulldozers aren’t just destroying Australia’s precious forests and woodlands – they’re also releasing millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, exacerbating climate change.

If nothing is done, greenhouse gas emissions will spiral out of control. To learn more about land clearing and what you can do to make a difference, read more.

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Yours for nature,

Lyndon Schneiders
National Director

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