Tarkeeth Forest

Tarkeeth Forest Tarkeeth is Bellingen township's local forest on Gumbaynggirr Country, NSW, Australia.

Tarkeeth State Forest rests on the ridge that separates the Bellinger and Kalang rivers, at the easterly extension of the Great Dividing Range in NSW, Australia. It is South Bellingen’s local public forest which links the valley town of Bellingen and the seaside town of Urunga, providing important habitat for rare and threatened native wildlife. Tarkeeth is a significant Gumbaynggirr cultural site

and includes the Yildaan Dreaming Trade Route.
850-hectares (59%) of this beautiful forest have been designated 'plantation', and are being aggressively clearfelled, burnt, poisoned and densely replanted with Blackbutt monoculture by Forestry Corporation (FCNSW). Trees from Tarkeeth are chipped on the wharf at Port Brisbane and exported to pulp mills in China by Queensland Commodity Exports, a subsidiary of Midway. Forest ‘remains’ are shredded onsite and transported to Broadwater Power Station and burnt for electricity generation. Broadwater is operated by Cape Byron Power and controlled by Quinbrook — a private equity firm that serves foreign investors. Tarkeeth State Forest is adjoined by privately owned forests and Tarkeeth Forest Wildlife Refuge.

TAKEETH UPDATE — PLEASE SHARE habitat destroyed to supply tiny pulp logs for woodchip export and biomass to burn for ‘c...
20/08/2024

TAKEETH UPDATE — PLEASE SHARE
habitat destroyed to supply tiny pulp logs for woodchip export and biomass to burn for ‘clean, green, renewable’ electricity! This is destructive native forest logging disguised as sustainable plantation forestry! WATCH THIS VIDEO to learn more:
https://youtu.be/u5hhHg3JfHI?si=xTHvXieo1EmJmo_L

Coverage of the Bellingen launch of the World Heritage Proposal. Dr Tim talks about the World Heritage process and why...
22/06/2024

Coverage of the Bellingen launch of the World Heritage Proposal. Dr Tim talks about the World Heritage process and why Koala needs this park. (Scroll to 44 minutes 35 seconds).

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HABITAT FLATTENED at — only 5km from town! Heathy forest reduced to dirt and tiny logs!PLEASE WATCH these videos b...
30/01/2024

HABITAT FLATTENED at — only 5km from town! Heathy forest reduced to dirt and tiny logs!
PLEASE WATCH these videos by Dr Tim which reveal the habitat destruction and loss of biodiversity that is occurring as a result of ’s extreme clearfall logging methods.
— 004Tarkeeth - Koala habitat converted to plantation:
https://youtu.be/SVx6fula8wU
— 003Tarkeeth - Koala Habitat: https://youtu.be/JgO-waiAgSY

28/05/2021
We are calling on Forestry Corporation FCNSW to immediately stop disturbing acid sulphate soils at Connells Creek — a wa...
24/04/2021

We are calling on Forestry Corporation FCNSW to immediately stop disturbing acid sulphate soils at Connells Creek — a watercourse and wetlands system that feeds into the near . has informed residents that trees from this horror clearfelling operation are being sold to QCE — a woodchip export company that chips 's trees on the wharf at Port Brisbane for supply to pulp mills in .

Access with Bundah & the Bees
Bellingen Environment Centre

A dangerous industrial clearfelling and biomass extraction operation has commenced at on waterlogged acid sulphate soi...
03/04/2021

A dangerous industrial clearfelling and biomass extraction operation has commenced at on waterlogged acid sulphate soil close to Waterfall Way, adjacent to residences in Sweedmans Lane and the Connels Creek watercourse and wetlands ecosystem, which drains into the Bellinger River east of . This environmentally sensitive forest contains pockets of mixed age Tallowwood and Blue Gum, and is important habitat. Ancient artefacts have been found here. Yet Forestry Corporation classifies this forest as ‘low quality Flooded Gum plantation’ to be rendered into oblivion to supply throw-away pallets, woodchips for , and biomass to burn for fake ‘renewable’ electricity generation!
The Sweedmans Lane Protest Camp has been reactivated.
Biomass Action Group - BAG
No Electricity From Forests
Bellingen Environment Centre
Access with Bundah & the Bees
VoteKoala

The cruelest cut! The community is in shock over Forestry Corporation’s latest plan to clearfell a massive swathe acro...
28/03/2021

The cruelest cut! The community is in shock over Forestry Corporation’s latest plan to clearfell a massive swathe across ’s scenic landscape overlooking Waterfall Way and the Bellinger River near Fernmount. Residents say they were informed by phone a couple of days ago that access roads would be closing, and then the machines started arriving on Sunday afternoon.

How is your toilet paper? Please take a good look at this certified so-called 'sustainable plantation’ at in . ...
06/03/2021

How is your toilet paper? Please take a good look at this certified so-called 'sustainable plantation’ at in . This is country! Trees are clearfelled, transported to Port Brisbane, chipped on the wharf and exported to pulp mills in . The paper products are shipped back to and sold to eco-conscious consumers under the FSC 'greenwash' label.

— Bellingen residents are holding their breath, fearing the helicopter will soon be at their backdoor spraying a toxic...
24/02/2021

— Bellingen residents are holding their breath, fearing the helicopter will soon be at their backdoor spraying a toxic herbicide cocktail across 200 hectares of , bordering private properties and public roads in Marx Hill, Fernmount, Brierfield, Tarkeeth and Urunga. These areas were recently subject to clearfelling, burning and biomass extraction for electricity generation. Some family homes are VERY close to the spray zones! KOALAS and other threatened wildlife live here!
Forestry Corporation has secretly resumed aerial spraying, breaking a six year moratorium on the dangerous practice in Bellingen Shire, without any public consultation. The failure to notify or erect warning signs at access roads, resulted in a resident who was jogging in Newry State Forest being caught in the toxic spray-drift.
We call on FCNSW to abandon its plan to resume aerial spraying in suburban , and we call on our elected representatives and Bellingen Shire Council to stand up for residents.

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