2023 is off to an intense start for the locals at Bulga Forest, west of Port Macquarie on the mid-north coast of NSW, who are blockading to prevent the latest attempt to log the area. The community will do what they can to protect the forest from destruction, but they can’t do it alone. They have a great place to camp and there are roles for everyone from minding camp and making food and cuppas to swinging in the trees. Locals in solidarity with Santa, who was perched on the tree platform in the background, tied off to a log blocking the access road to the logging machines. If you heard the words of the Secretary General of the United Nations that we urgently need to Stop the War on Nature, and want to do your bit… then the Bulga Plateau is the place to be in 2023. The logging of Bulga Forest is destroying the homes of Koalas and Greater Gliders that are already in danger of extinction. It is wrecking the upper catchment leading to downstream erosion, landslips, and muddying of the creeks and rivers. It removes the most effective carbon capture and storage technology we have- trees, in a time where we most need to draw down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Bulga Forest recovering after fire use. It is sheer madness for these trees to be falling in 2023. So come camping and help us keep the forest standing! If you can’t come you can:
– Follow and share our posts on @SaveBulgaForest on Facebook
– Tweet using the hashtag #SaveBulgaForest #StandUp4Forests
– Post clips/photos of yourself on other social media holding up signs with that message.
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