End Native Forest Logging in NSW
The future of our forests is at a crossroads. Right now, the NSW Government is considering the future of the logging industry. It is critical that we do not allow this destructive industry to keep driving species towards extinction
We have just had a huge breakthrough with the Government announcing an end to logging within the 176,000 ha footprint of the Great Koala National Park. This shows that people power works. But we cannot stop here.
For decades, Forestry Corporation NSW has been spending taxpayer money to log our native forests. They are destroying critical habitat for endangered wildlife like the koala and greater glider, mostly for woodchips, cardboard and toilet paper.
Now is our chance to end native forest logging for good and transition to a 100% plantation-based industry that creates sustainable jobs and protects the wildlife and forests we love.
By signing this petition, you can help show the NSW Government that the community wants a clear, urgent plan to end this wasteful, destructive industry once and for all.
We call on the NSW Government to:
- Immediately stop logging in areas with high records of endangered species such as Greater Gliders and Koalas.
- Commit to no further subsidies for native forest logging.
- Support mandatory 50-metre exclusion zones around all hollow-bearing trees, protecting trees that are hundreds of years old and critical to the survival of threatened species.
- Implement a transition plan that ends native forest logging and moves to 100% plantation-sourced timber and provides a transition package for workers affected by the change.