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NSW’s most significant koala populations under threat from logging plans

Posted by NPA NSWon February 28, 2023in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

NPA NSW is concerned that Forestry Corporation is fast tracking plans to clear-fell some of NSW’s most important koala habitat in the Coffs Harbour-North Bellingen region.

‘We are calling on the shareholder ministers of the Forestry Corporation, the Minister for Agriculture and the Treasurer, to immediately suspend planned clear felling operations in Pine Creek and Tuckers Nob State Forests, said NPA President Dr Grahame Douglas.

Time for an moratorium on all logging of native forests in the Great Koala National Park

Posted by NPA NSWon February 9, 2023in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The National Parks Association welcomes today’s commitment by the NSW Greens to end logging in NSW’s public native forests and calls on all parliamentarians to work towards this goal.

NPA President Dr Grahame Douglas said that, while a move to 100% generation of construction timber from plantations has become inevitable, it is essential that we protect the biodiversity jewels of our public native forests from any further damage while that transition is underway.

Private Forestry Bill to propel koalas to extinction

Posted by NPA NSWon November 14, 2022November 14, 2022in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

Barely a week after conservationists, business and community came together in Coffs Harbour to plan for the return of healthy koala populations across NSW¹, the NSW Government has chosen to undermine all recovery efforts by stripping away restrictions on Private Native Forestry.

National Parks Association CEO Gary Dunnett said the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Private Native Forestry) Bill 20222 effectively removes local government’s ability regulate logging in private native forests.

MEDIA RELEASE: community comes together to show visiting state politicians they want a Great Koala National Park

Posted by NPA NSWon October 27, 2022in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

Local Coffs Harbour families and businesses will come together this week to demonstrate their support for the Great Koala National Park, as the region hosts a koala conference (The Vanishing).

Local business owner Louis Riley said our community wants to ensure politicians take adequate steps to protect the much-loved koala, which is iconic to our region.

NSW parliamentary debate on ending native forest logging shows government is out of touch with community expectations

Posted by NPA NSWon October 17, 2022in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

A 21,000 strong parliamentary petition to end native forest logging triggered yesterday’s NSW parliamentary debate — a sign that it is time to transition our dying native timber industry into sustainable plantation timber.

NPA NSW Acting CEO Samantha Newton said NPA NSW was one of 14 conservation groups who rallied in front NSW Parliament to show their support for ending public native forestry logging.

Forestry Corporation’s last dash to log koala habitat on the mid-North Coast

Posted by NPA NSWon August 31, 2022in Spring 2022Leave a comment

Danielle Ryan and James Sherwood, Conservation Campaigners

“They are rushing. They can see the end is coming,” says koala expert John Pile. He is referring to Forestry Corporation’s overzealous response to the recently renewed North Coast Wood Supply Agreement, which allows logging to continue for another five years.

The mood amongst local campaigners living in the proposed Great Koala National Park region is grim, as they watch Forestry Corporation slowly chip away at public forests known as core koala habitat.

Overall, there are 20 State Forests in the proposed area for The Great Koala National Park which have been designated for logging, as ‘proposed’, ‘planned’ or ‘active’. As of July 2022, Forestry Corporation are actively harvesting three State Forests in the area, Clouds Creek (Compartments 30, 31, 32, 33), Ellis (3, 4, 5, 6) and Thumb Creek (5,6) and have approval for four more Bagawa (1), Boambee (4,5,6,7), Collombati (9,10) and Conglomerate (23).