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Land clearing is a major source of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, contributing approximately 12 per cent to Australia's total emissions in 1998. The removal of vegetation damages the microclimate by removing shade and reducing humidity .
The extinction of 20 different mammals, 9 bird and 97 plant species have been partially attributed to land clearing. Land clearing is a major source of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, and contributed to approximately 12 percent of Australia's total emissions in 1998. The consequences of land clearing include dryland salinity and soil erosion.
The destruction of habitat by human activities, including land clearing, remains the major cause of biodiversity loss in Australia. The importance of the Australian rainforests to the conservation movement is very high. [3] Australia is the only western country to have large areas of rainforest intact. [4]
The most extensive area of this vegetation association in Australia today is found in the Great Victoria Desert. Prior to 1750, the largest area is estimated to have occurred in the Murray-Darling basin. [6] About 33% of the clearing of this vegetation type is estimated to have accounted for 10% of the total area of land clearing in Australia.
Koalas are normally found in eucalyptus trees, but one couple came home in Australia on Wednesday and were shocked to find one in their bedroom. “I was scared, happy and excited at the same time ...
Until recently Australia had a very high rate of land clearing, which resulted in the destruction of bushland. [5] Since 2006 the rate of land clearing has declined significantly. This is partially attributed to legislation that placed a ban on broad scale clearing of mature bushland in Queensland in 2006 and an expansion of those bans to ...
In 1998, deforestation was thought to be responsible for around 12% of Australia's total carbon emissions. [107] Between 2000 and 2015 emissions from land clearing decreased by 64%. [111] An additional factor currently causing the loss of forest cover is the expansion of urban areas.
Together with the Brigalow Belt, the Mulga Lands are where most of Queensland's land clearing is occurring. [4] 80% of the original plant cover is intact, especially in the drier inland west, as some areas of eucalyptus woodland have been cleared in the eastern side of the area. There are no endangered habitats in the mulga lands.