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Focus on Coffs Harbour and Nambucca Valley

"NSW modern slavery report calls for urgent reform to protect migrant workers."

"A NSW parliamentary report into modern slavery has detailed "harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm..The report asked the government to investigate allegations of systemic labour exploitation in Coffs Harbour and the Nambucca Valley."

"NSW Anti-slavery commissioner Dr James Cockayne said in a statement the report was "informed by evidence from almost 100 witnesses across NSW, including victim survivors of modern slavery, and 60 submissions"." >>
abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/nsw…
#exploitation #PALM #MidNorthCoast #HorticulturalIndustry #blueberries #CoffsHarbour #NambuccaValley #food #harm #slavery #plantations #regulation

'Harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm' in modern slavery report

A NSW parliamentary inquiry into modern slavery risks in regional areas found evidence of migrant workers living in near uninhabitable conditions, forced to work demanding hours and threatened if they spoke up.
Emma Siossian (ABC News)
#food #slavery #palm #plantations #exploitation #midnorthcoast #horticulturalindustry #blueberries #coffsharbour #nambuccavalley #harm #regulation

#Research in Current Biology finds infant pigtailed #macaques visiting #palmoil #plantations 3x more likely to die young from #pesticide poisoning. #Agricultural #chemicals are detrimental to infant development #Boycottpalmoil @palmoildetectives wp.me/pcFhgU-7aa

Palm oil plantations increase risk of infant death for Southern Pig-tailed Macaques

In Peninsular Malaysia, a new study published in Cell Biology by a team led by Dr Anna Holzner of German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig has found that infant…
Palm Oil Detectives
#Research #palmoil #Boycottpalmoil #chemicals #plantations #macaques #pesticide #agricultural @Palm Oil Detectives

The main reason behind the decline of #orangutan populations is #habitatdestruction and #fragmentation due to #illegallogging, #agriculture, and #palmoil #plantations.
#BoycottPalmOil #SiblingBeings #IndigenousBiodiversity #WebOfLife #DeterioratingCarbonSinks
themeghalayan.com/in-the-shado…

In the Shadows of Extinction: Orangutans

Our distant cousin, the orangutan, has been listed as “Critically Endangered” in the IUCN list. On International Orangutan Day, celebrated on August 19 every year, Assaf Levy explores their ecological significance and the dangers that threaten their …
The Meghalayan Bureau (The Meghalayan)
#agriculture #palmoil #Boycottpalmoil #orangutan #habitatdestruction #fragmentation #illegallogging #plantations #siblingbeings #indigenousbiodiversity #weboflife #deterioratingcarbonsinks

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