Exposing the governments destructive plans on our old growth forests
Together with The Guardian we have blown the lid on the NSW Government’s sneaky scheme to let chainsaws into our old growth forests on the North Coast. [1]
We are in a biodiversity crisis, with 1025 species in NSW threatened with extinction. We’re also in a climate crisis. We can turn these crises around, but it’ll require planting and restoring forests, not chopping down what we have left. What’s already protected must stay protected whether it’s our public forests or our national parks.
Under the government’s plan, more than 15,000 hectares of protected old growth and high-conservation-value forests could fall to the chainsaws.
This means that trees that have stood for hundreds of years and have been protected for decades could be wiped out.
Instead of restoring and preserving our old growth forests and the biodiversity that inhabit them, the government plans to decimate these protected areas with chainsaws.
These forests are home to threatened species such as koalas and sugar gliders and are recognised for their high conservation value. By law they cannot be logged. Stripping the protection for areas currently mapped as old growth forests should be out of the question.
Communities have fought hard to protect our old growth forests and national parks. We will continue this fight to keep our old growth forests protected.
Add your voice in this fight, join the 16, 000 people who have called on the government to protect our forests. Sign the petition.
References:
[1] NSW remaps old growth forests to open up reserves to logging, The Guardian, 17 July 2019.
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