Media releases
8 October 2019
The Nature Conservation Council welcomes NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean’s decision to buy and protect Radiata Plateau, the last undeveloped peninsula-plateau in the upper Blue Mountains.
19 September 2019
Conservation groups want native forest logging suspended and reviewed in NSW after a horror start to the fire season destroyed more than 160,000 hectares of prime forest wildlife habitat in a matter of weeks.
Forests and wildlifeBushfires
21 August 2019
Sulfur-dioxide levels in the air at Wyee on the Central Coast exceeded World Health Organization recommended levels six times in 2018, new analysis shows.
Air pollution
19 August 2019
Conservation groups have dismissed Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s calls for more dams and weaker environmental laws as ill-informed and dangerous. “People in towns running out of water know this is a man-made disaster and that the National Party has played a leading role,” Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said.
Forests and wildlifeRivers and wetlands
19 August 2019
Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s reported deal with the Nationals to legalise logging in national parks undermines the integrity of the entire nature conservation reserve system in NSW.
Forests and wildlife
12 August 2019
Koalas are on track to become extinct in 30 years without bipartisan political support for reducing threats, protecting critical habitat and revegetating over-cleared landscapes, conservation groups have warned.
Forests and wildlife
7 August 2019
Conservation groups are calling on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to rule out supporting any moves by the Shooters and Fishers Party and the National Party to open our national parks to logging.
Forests and wildlife