Forestry Corporation of NSW has ceased logging operations near Grafton after the hatching of endangered coastal emu eggs.
There has been a tiny boost to the endangered coastal emu population. Timber harvesting operations have halted in a New South Wales state forest following the hatching of endangered coastal emu eggs.What's next?abc.net.au/news/forest-logging-halted-following-emu-chicks-hatching/104338178 Timber harvesting has ceased near where an endangered coastal emu nest was discovered in a state forest near Grafton on the NSW North Coast.
Back at the nest in the state forest, two emu chicks hatched successfully while the final egg was deemed unviable and collected for testing.A routine pre-harvest inspection by the NSW Forestry Corporation revealed the endangered coastal emu eggs.Forestry Corporation senior ecologist Chris Slade said they voluntarily ceased timber harvesting in the state forest on Tuesday afternoon this week.
"The nest was successful, the male has hatched two eggs and there are two chicks running around with dad now in the forest.Mr Slade said Forestry Corporation immediately put a protective buffer around the nest when it was first discovered, which is required under its licence conditions.Calls for larger buffer
She also said the 100m exclusion zone required under the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval was not enough."Many experts are suggesting that that level of disturbance — we're talking about an industrial scale timber logging operation, these are massive machines major disturbance going from dawn until dusk — this is just not compatible.""We also now understand that there were two other nests close to the state forest," she said.
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