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Urgent interim action needed as NSW clears 570 football fields of habitat each day

September 13, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE13 September 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has called on the NSW Government to act on its commitment to stop the runaway land clearing that is continuing to decimate NSW bush. NSW...

NSW Forestry plan must end native forest logging and invest in a plantation based timber industry

August 26, 2024

Forest Alliance NSWMEDIA RELEASE26 August 2024 The Forest Alliance NSW is calling on a newly announced expert panel, set up by the Minns Labor Government to advise it on the future of forestry, to put ending native forest logging front and centre of their...

Protection of Sacred Site the right call

August 21, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE21 August 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today thanked the Federal Minister for Water and the Environment Tanya Plibersek for applying section 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act...

Groundbreaking report exposes huge risks to NSW and Queensland koala populations from new coal mines and expansions

August 21, 2024

Joint media releaseWednesday 21 August 2024 Queensland Conservation Council NSW Nature Conservation Council Lock the Gate Alliance Groundbreaking report exposes huge risks to NSW and Queensland koala populations from new coal mines and expansions A shocking new report, ‘Koalas or coal mines, how the federal government can...

NSW failing to “save our species”: Auditor General

August 15, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE15th August 2024 The NSW Auditor General today released an audit highlighting the sorry state of threatened species protection in NSW, according to the state’s peak environmental organisation, the Nature Conservation Council. “Sadly, today’s Auditor General report shines light on the decline of...

‘Let the Baaka flow’: Voices from the Northern Basin front NSW Parliament

August 15, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE15th August 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, is today bringing a delegation of people from the Northern Murray-Darling Basin to NSW Parliament to advocate for the collapsing ecosystem of the Darling/Baaka. The...

Court fines Forestry Corporation $360,000

August 01, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE Court fines Forestry Corporation $360,0001st August, 2024 In a damning judgement handed down in the NSW Land and Environment Court, Justice Pepper pulled no punches. She found that the NSW Government’s logging company, Forestry Corporation, (FCNSW) had failed to protect areas that...

Peak environment body urges full adoption of connectivity report recommendations

July 29, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE29th July, 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today welcomed the release of the final report from the NSW Connectivity Expert Panel aimed at securing more water for the Darling/Baaka River, and...

Resources Regulator overturns Macquarie Marshes mining exploration decision

July 25, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE25th July, 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today expressed relief that the Resources Regulator overturned their decision to allow copper and gold mining exploration by Australian Consolidated Gold Holdings in the Macquarie...

NSW Government takes another step on road to biodiversity reform but nature can’t wait

July 17, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE17 July 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today cautiously welcomed the ambitious reform plan set out by the NSW Government in its response to the Henry Review of the Biodiversity Conservation...