Australia prepares tax penalty attack environmental advocacy groups

Ecologist: It's fine for 'green' groups to plant trees, or rescue baby flying foxes, write Susan & Bill Laurance. But when they campaign for the environment, right wing politicians see red, Moves are now afoot to strip advocacy groups of their charitable status, reflecting a broader clamp down on eco-activism across the Asia Pacific region in China, Cambodia, Lao and India. This war of environmental attrition isn't just confined to Australia. There are alarming changes happening all over - most notably in......

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