‘Turning a blind eye’ to cotton and land clearing in the NT: ABC 730

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‘The Northern Territory is home to one of the world’s last untouched tropical savannas. That fragile landscape and its rivers are now the new frontier for the nation’s cotton industry.

But satellite images suggest land clearing is taking place without a permit, raising questions about the Territory government’s oversight.’

This report is from Roxanne Fitzgerald and producer Hannah Meagher. (ABC 7.30 January 11, 2023).

See updates and developments from this story HERE.

You can sign our action asking the NT Govt to act to protect our rivers, floodplains and surrounding savannas HERE.