An Australian minerals company wants to clear about 1,000 hectares of threatened native banksia woodlands for two WA mining projects.
Image Resources wants to mine mineral sands in banksia woodlands .A mineral sand mining company wants to clear about 1,000 hectares of endangered banksia woodlands for two projects in Western Australia.One project has already been approved
Image Resources has environmental approval to clear 206.4 hectares of banksia woodlands for its Atlas mining project at Nambung, about 170 kilometres north of Perth.said giving up the high-quality habitat, a nationally-listed threatened ecological community used by endangered black cockatoo species for food, would be a devastating biodiversity loss.
The majority of land for both projects is owned by the WA government, with Bidaminna's project area including a portion of the historic North West Stock Route. suggests 50 to 60 per cent of the original banksia woodlands, which once stretched from Cape Naturaliste to Jurien Bay, have been cleared since colonisation.
"So it's a net loss for nature, and for the people of Western Australia to lose this threatened ecological community," he said.ABC News: Peter De Kruijff"We can still keep mining in this state, but we have to learn to say 'no' to some areas," Professor Dixon said.
She said the EPA also considered the cumulative impact of the project on remaining banksia woodlands.
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