Article 3AAVR Northern Territory land-clearing approvals increase nearly tenfold

Northern Territory land-clearing approvals increase nearly tenfold

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Michael Slezak
from Environment | The Guardian on (#3AAVR)

Exclusive: environmental groups call on government to freeze land-clearing permits and enforce stricter controls

Australia's deforestation and land-clearing crisis is spreading from the east coast to the Northern Territory, where land targeted for clearing has increased nearly tenfold in just a few years, with applications approved for enormous amounts of clearing in the past two years.

Vast tracts of land are set to be stripped of native vegetation, with the trees burned, and regrowth controlled with toxic chemicals, in the jurisdiction with limited environmental oversight. On one station alone, an area about one-fifth the size of the ACT is planned to be cleared, most of it intended to allow more cattle to be run.

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