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==Effects==
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Land clearing destroys plants and local [[ecosystems]] and removes the food and habitat on which other native species rely. Clearing allows weeds and [[Invasive species in Australia|invasive animals]] to spread, affects [[greenhouse gas emissions]] and can lead to [[soil degradation]], such as [[erosion]] and [[salinity]], which in turn can affect water quality.<ref name="lca">{{cite web |url=https://www.bushheritage.org.au/what-we-do/our-challenge/land-clearing |title=Land clearing & its impact |date= |website=[[Bush Heritage Australia]] |access-date=9 August 2023 }}</ref>
The following table shows the native vegetation inventory assessment<ref name="DSEWPC" /> of native vegetation by type prior to European settlement and as at 2001–2004. (Given in units of square kilometres)
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==Response==
Land clearing laws have been a [[political football]] for decades.<ref name="cgl">{{cite news |last=Barker |first=Eric |date=7 December 2022 |title=Conservation groups level clearing complaints at Qld beef producers |url=https://www.beefcentral.com/carbon/conservation-groups-level-clearing-complaints-at-qld-beef-producers/ |work=BeefCentral |publisher= |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> From the 1970s onwards unions and environmentalists have challenged the clearing of forests, beaches and other specific sites.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Iain |date=2020-11-04 |title=Environmental Blockading in Australia and Around the World - Timeline 1974-1997 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/environmental-blockading-in-australia-and-around-the-world-timeline-1974-1997/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Green Bans Art Walks Project |first= |date=2023-06-23 |title=Green Bans Timeline: 1971-74 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/green-bans-timeline/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}</ref> Since the 1980s, the rate of land clearing has declined due to changing attitudes and greater awareness of the damaging effects of the clearing. The Queensland and New South Wales governments implemented bans on land clearing during the 1990s and early 2000s.<ref name="fcr">{{cite news |last1=Sullivan|first1=Kath |last2=McCosker |first2=Maddelin |last3=Phillips |first3=Amy |date=12 October 2021 |title=Farm campaigner rejects land-clearing compo, saying government can't afford it |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-10-12/land-clearing-redress-rejected-by-influential-campaigner/100529384 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> Australia remains a deforestation front, the only developed nation to do so.<ref name="atod">{{cite news |last=Cox |first=Lisa |date=13 January 2021 |title=Australia the only developed nation on world list of deforestation hotspots |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/australia-the-only-developed-nation-on-world-list-of-deforestation-hotspots |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=Guardian News & Media |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
Both Queensland and New South Wales monitor land clearing on an annual basis using satellite imagery under the Statewide Landcover and Trees Study.<ref name="lci"/>
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Clearing of native vegetation in NSW is regulated by the ''Local Land Services Act 2013''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/2013/51/full|title=Local Land Services Act 2013 No 51|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> (NSW) and by the protections on the habitat of threatened species contained in the ''Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/2016/63|title=Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> (NSW). It is also regulated by development control and Environmental Planning Instruments (EPIs) under land use planning law, namely the ''[[Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979]]'' (NSW). Federal law in the form of the ''Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C00777|title=Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> (Cth) may also apply if there are federally protected threatened species (plant or animal) or endangered ecological communities present on the land in question. Exempt species are outlined in the ''[[Biosecurity Act 2015]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/2015/24|title=Biosecurity Act 2015 No 24|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> and can be cleared by property owners at any time.
The [[Berejiklian ministry (2017–2019)|Berejiklian government]] eased vegetation protection laws in 2017.<ref name="1ma">{{cite news |last=Hannam |first=Peter |date=7 November 2018 |title=10 million animals a year die from tree clearing in NSW, report finds |url=https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/10-million-animals-a-year-die-from-tree-clearing-in-nsw-report-finds-20181107-p50eij.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> According to the state government the state lost 54,000 hectares of woody vegetation in 2019.<ref name="lcin">{{cite news |last1=Claughton |first1=David |last2=Thackray |first2=Lucy |date=1 July 2021 |title=Land clearing in NSW continues at near-record levels but farmers say data is misleading |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-07-01/land-clearing-in-nsw-escalates-again/100252244 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
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