Media releases

24 July 2020

Forestry Corporation on illegal logging rampage

Numerous serious breaches of environmental law by the Forestry Corporation uncovered by the Environmental Protection Authority underscores the need for an immediate moratorium on native forest logging.

Forests and wildlife

10 July 2020

Developing New England Renewable Energy Zone will be a giant leap but timing is critical

Opening a Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in New England is welcome but the timing of its development is critical to ensure NSW transitions from coal to renewables faster than is currently planned.

1 July 2020

NSW forests at greater risk from Bunnings Vic Forests boycott

The Nature Conservation Council urges Bunnings to put a blanket ban on selling timber from Australian public native forests after it announced it would no longer supply wood products from Vic Forests.

30 June 2020

All parties agree: koalas need our urgent help

The Nature Conservation Council welcomes the recommendations of the NSW Upper House inquiry into Koala populations and habitat in NSW and urges the government to urgently implement its recommendations.

Forests and wildlife

25 June 2020

Major threat to old-growth forests removed

The NSW Government has today removed a significant threat to native forests and wildlife by suspending a project that would have removed environmental protections for thousands of hectares of old-growth forest.

18 June 2020

Environmental groups outline their vision for a sustainable, prosperous Eden-Monaro

A coalition of environmental groups has identified forest conservation, bushfire recovery and action on climate change as three of the top issues that candidates in the Eden-Monaro by-election need to address.

Forests and wildlife Climate and energy Federal environmental laws Coal and gas

12 June 2020

Battle to save the Pilliga from Santos’s gas project set to ramp up

Narrabri gas project will have devastating consequences for nature and the climate and should not be approved, according to the Nature Conservation Council.

Forests and wildlife Climate and energy

27 June 2020

Narriearra Station adds a vital piece to the NSW National Parks network

The conservation movement welcomes Environment Minister Matt Kean’s announcement that the NSW Government will add the 153,000-hectare Narriearra Station in far northwest NSW to the national parks estate.

27 May 2020

Renewable energy powered 400,000 more homes in NSW last year

New data shows solar and wind power production in NSW grew 39% last year, powering 400,000 more homes than in 2018.

Climate and energy

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Media inquiries: Communications Manager James Tremain | 0419 272 254 | jtremain@nature.org.au

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