Valeria Panel

If Glencore gets the green light on this massive coal project:

Close to 5,000 hectares of remnant and regrowth vegetation could be cleared, destroying critical habitat for 22 listed threatened species, including koalas, the Greater Glider, the ‘Retro Slider’ snake and the Australian Painted Snipe

Image: Painted Snipe

High-value farmland would be destroyed, potentially including over 1,100ha of Strategic Cropping Land

Image: Lake Maraboon (Fairbairn Dam) Water bores, creeks and rivers fed by groundwater would almost certainly experience draw down, with flow-on impacts to farmers and groundwater-dependent ecosystems Important wetlands in the area, including along Theresa Creek and the nearby Lake Maraboon (Fairbairn Dam), could be impacted by groundwater draw-down or changes to flooding regimes as a result of Glencore’s diversions and levees You can read more about the project and its environmental impacts in the EPBC Act referral here and the IAS. Image: Retro Slider

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