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"It began with a gardener being hired to trim grass at a harbourside mansion in
Sydney – and escalated to payments being left in a shoe for the unlawful
felling of hundreds of native trees in protected bushland.
Now a court has fined Yi Wang $187,500 for his role in organising and carrying
out the destruction of 287 trees from council-owned foreshore bushland at
Woodford Bay in Longueville in late 2023.
The New South Wales land and environment court justice Rachel Pepper convicted
Wang last week for helping to orchestrate the clearing of 1,210 sq metres of
land beside a waterfront property on Lucretia Avenue.
Wang pleaded guilty to three offences in relation to the unlawful clearing,
which Pepper heard destroyed potential habitat for a range of protected and
threatened animals, including powerful owls and microbats. It could take three
decades to recover.
The unlawful tree clearing also greatly reduced the natural protection
previously afforded to an Aboriginal midden, the court heard."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
