Media releases

27 June 2019

Code-based land clearing is a failure and should be stopped

The Nature Conservation Council calls for the immediate suspension of code-based land clearing and a rigorous independent review of the codes and resources available to police them after a scathing report by the NSW Auditor General.

Forests and wildlife

19 June 2019

NSW Budget neglects climate and extinction emergencies

The urgent need to protect species, slash climate pollution and ramp up clean energy in NSW have been largely overlooked in today’s state budget, according to the NSW Nature Conservation Council.

Forests and wildlife Marine Conservation Climate and energy NSW Parliament Rivers and wetlands

17 June 2019

Extinction and the climate crisis key theme of environment conference

The crisis facing the North Coast koala population from deforestation will be top of the agenda at the NSW Regional Environment Conference in Lismore on June 22.

Forests and wildlife Marine Conservation Climate and energy

3 June 2019

One football field of forest lost every five minutes - and there's worse to come

The Berejiklian government must release up-to-date deforestation data so the public understands the full impact of environmental laws it weakened in 2017.

Forests and wildlife

24 May 2019

World Health Organisation pollution standards for SO2 exceeded 336 times

Levels of sulphur-dioxide in several parts of NSW exceeded World Health Organisation standards 336 over the past four years, Nature Conservation Council analysis of NSW Government air-quality data has found.

Air pollution Coal and gas

9 May 2019

Environment report card shows Berejiklian is failing

The Environmental Protection Authority’s report card for the Berejiklian government is an F for failure, according to Nature Conservation Council Campaigns Director Daisy Barham.

Forests and wildlife Marine Conservation Climate and energy NSW Parliament Rivers and wetlands

7 May, 2019

NSW Parliament must prioritise nature to help avert world extinction crisis

The NSW Parliament and Berejikllian government must prioritise nature conservation over the next four years to help the world avert a catastrophic loss of species and the collapse of ecosystems and agriculture foreshadowed by the 2019 report for the Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), released last night.

Forests and wildlife Marine Conservation Climate and energy NSW Parliament Rivers and wetlands Pollution and waste Coal and gas

4 May, 2019

National parks creation falls off a cliff under Premier Berejiklian

Expansion of the NSW national parks network has virtually stopped under Premier Gladys Berejiklian, new data shows. Premier Berejiklian has added just 4,200 hectares to the conservation reserve system at an annual average rate of 2,100 hectares, the lowest on record.

Forests and wildlife NSW Parliament

2 May, 2019

Lismore federal election door knock to nature laws

Volunteers will knock on doors across Lismore on Sunday to talk to people about stronger protections for koalas and other threatened native wildlife in the lead up to the federal election.

Forests and wildlife Federal environmental laws

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