The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu

“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfb

The environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW

Protecting Australia's unique ecosystems or extractivism as usual ?

"With one of the highest rates of extinction in the world and more than 7.7 million hectares of threatened species habitat destroyed since 2000, Australia is considered by many to be in a biodiversity crisis...The agenda is entirely geared towards fast-tracking development."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-01/federal-election-2025-nature-laws-environmental-policies/105203334
#BiodiversityCrisis #EPBCAct #Biodiversity #ecosystems #conservation #NaturePositive #NatureNegative #EnvironmentalLaws #FossilFuels #koalas #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #governance #failure #extractivism

As far as I'm concerned - no nation that has built themselves up from brutal, violent #colonialism & are still committing acts of #apartheid & #capitalist fueled #terrorism in post-colonial times (colonialism never really ended though), has any rights to tell any other nation/or citizens groups that they should stop fighting back against #oppression & state ordered illegal actions. They have zero rights to tell anyone to respect #HumanRights & #EnvironmentalLaws - since they blatantly violate those on a daily basis.

We have #TerroristStates - pretending they're democratic states. Looking at you, #Israel & #USA & #Germany & a few other guilty colonial, capitalist state wankers. These are evil states working hard to humanize #AI #robots that destroy human societies - while actively working real hard to #dehumanize real human beings.

#Illinois Court rules that #TrumpTower in #Chicago violated #EnvironmentalLaws and killed thousands of fish.

Many years ago, Chicago went to the trouble of completely reversing the direction of their river in order to keep their waterways cleaner and safer.

Don't mess with Chicago when it comes to their river.

#Environment #CleanWater #Pollution #FriendsOfTheChicagoRiver #DonaldTrump #TrumpProperties #ProtectingWildlife #Watwrways #Conservation #Wildlife #Rivers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/09/12/trump-tower-chicago-violated-environmental-laws-and-killed-thousands-of-fish-illinois-court-rules/

'Repair' much of the past two centuries of degradation
Australia’s environment could be fixed and threatened species saved for just 0.3% of GDP

The "Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists estimates $7.3bn a year for 30 years could avoid most extinctions, repair soils and restore rivers."

"Australia’s spectacular and unique landscapes and beloved wildlife were a drawcard for domestic and international tourists alike, bringing billions of dollars into the Australian economy every year ... Many Australians did not realise that “all of this is genuinely under threat”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/australia-environment-endangered-species-fixed-gdp
#biodiversity #BiodiversityCrisis #ExtinctionCrisis #degradation #NatureCrisis #conservation #repair #environmentallaws #ClimateAction #Australia #LandClearing #sprawl

IF YOU LOVE IT, HELP SAVE IT. DEMAND STRONGER ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.

#Australia ’s #EnvironmentalLaws are being rewritten for the first time in over 20 years.
This is a critical opportunity to ensure that the Government doesn’t lock in any more business as usual. These laws are outdated, with inadequate monitoring and enforcement, leaving loopholes for the ongoing destruction of #nature.

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https://youtu.be/jp0GDK_4Z8s

SHOWDOWN FOR WILDLIFE ALONG THE TEXAS BORDER

Last week the #Biden administration announced plans to waive 26 of the United States' most important #EnvironmentalLaws to rush new border #wall construction in #Texas, damaging fragile #habitat near a #NationalWildlifeRefuge — right where the Center was battling #Trump 's wall.

More border wall means cutting off more #cougars, #bobcats and other wildlife from the #RioGrande, their main #water source.

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https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/biden-administration-waives-laws-to-rush-border-wall-construction-through-texas-wildlife-refuge-2023-10-04/?utm_source=eeo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eeo1203&utm_term=PublicLands&emci=6e7ee135-af68-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=0598131a-4569-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=2243774