Alcoa to pay $39 million after illegally clearing Australian native forest:
U.S. aluminium company Alcoa will pay A$55 million ($38.9 million) to remediate ...
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Alcoa Fined Millions for Unauthorized Forest ClearingAlcoa will pay A$55 million to restore nearly 2,100 hectares of native forest cleared illegally from 2019 to 2025.
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- Alcoa must pay A$55 million to remediate native forest it cleared unlawfully in Western Australia.
- The clearing occurred without government approval across nearly 2,100 hectares between 2019 and 2025.
- Funds will support ecological offsets, endangered black cockatoo conservation, and invasive species control.
- Since the 1960s, Alcoa has cleared about 28,000 hectares of Jarrah forest for bauxite mining amid rising opposition.
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