The destruction of Toolangi forest

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ABOUT A PROBLEM

The area in question Toolangi forest, is an important part of Melbourne’s Upper Goulburn water catchment, and includes some of Victoria’s most pristine forest areas. It’s home to one of Australia’s endangered faunal emblems – the Leadbeater’s Possum.

Mountain Ash, or Eucalyptus regnan, a species of eucalyptus tree endemic to the region, is known for producing the tallest trees on the planet. But all these nature has been and is still beeing destroyed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century by pioneering foresters. Afforestation is also hurting people by water loss, erosions but because a lot of native inhabitants work in industry, which causes all these problems, cannot do a lot because they are afraid of losing a job.

IMPACTS ON NATURE:
Visible:
• Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity),
• Fires,
• Global warming,
• Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation,
• Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover,
• Reduced ecological / hydrological connectivity                                                                  
Potential:
• Air pollution,
• Soil erosion,
• Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality,
• Groundwater pollution or depletion
ALTERNATIVES that could help forest retrail
1. Plantation
2. The proposal to create a Great Forest National Park
3. Less use of Reflex paper and paper in general  which is not recycled. This is very small step but every human can do it. If you do that you won’t support forest destruction.

 THE BIGGEST COMPAIES -These are just some of the biggest cooporations that  are supporting destruction of Toolangi forest
• Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd from Japan – Nippon owns Australian Paper, which makes Reflex paper, and is the largest domestic purchaser of pulp from Victoria’s native forests
• VicForests from Australia – VicForests is responsible for the sustainable harvest, regrowing and commercial sale of timber from public forests on behalf of the Victorian Government.
• Australian Paper – Australian Paper, maker of Reflex

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