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Destructive logging laws slammed by government scientists

Posted by NPA NSWon November 19, 2018November 19, 2018in Media Releases2 Comments

Freedom of information documents reveal damning assessment of Berejiklian government’s proposed new logging laws

As the NSW and federal governments are poised to sign off on 20-year extensions to controversial Regional Forest Agreements, documents acquired by the North East Forest Alliance under freedom of information show deep concerns within the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) about the impact of new logging laws on protected old-growth, rainforest and koalas.

Minnamurra Rainforest: Rainforest Icon of the NSW South Coast

Posted by NPA NSWon May 29, 2017May 29, 2017in Nature NSW, Winter 2017Leave a comment

^{Kevin Mills, Member of National Parks Association of NSW}

“The reserve is a botanist’s paradise with scores of trees with birds’ nest ferns, elks’ horns, ferns and orchids.”
H. A. Grace, visitor to Minnamurra Falls in 1896.

The botanist certainly finds much of interest at Minnamurra and the most casual visitor cannot help but be enthralled by the diversity of plants, in form and in species, and the scenery of this enclosed valley.