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Media Alert: Fulfill your promise Chris Minns: Protect the great koala national park forests now!

January 10, 2025

What: Rallies at Coffs Harbour and Pennant Hills Sydney outside the offices of the Forestry Corporation. When: Monday, 13th January, 10am Where: Coffs Harbour, cnr of Park and Gordon Sts Sydney: Cnr Castle Hill Rd and Cumberland Forest Way, West Pennant Hills Why: Creating...

Calls for River Connectivity Rules as Fish Kill Fears Grow

December 19, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE19th December 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, is calling on the NSW Government to urgently implement reforms that would return critical water flows to the ailing Darling/Baaka River. Indications are that...

Peak environment group welcomes progress on Hunter Renewable Energy Zone

December 18, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE18 December 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s peak environmental organisation, has today welcomed the NSW Government’s appointment of Ausgrid as the preferred network operator for the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone (REZ). Statements attributable to NCC...

Governments urged to get cracking on new Murray-Darling reconnection roadmap

December 18, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday December 18, 2024 Murray-Darling Basin governments have been urged to deliver projects to reconnect rivers after a new roadmap was released today, laying out a pathway for natural flows to revive floodplains and wetlands in Australia’s largest river system. The Murray-Darling Conservation...

Biodiversity conservation fund must be reformed to protect nature, says IPART

December 17, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE 17th December 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, welcomes the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) recommendation that the Biodiversity Conservation Fund needs to be reined in. A key issue with the...

Forestry Corporation posts huge loss as independent review questions the economic viability of native forest logging in NSW

December 17, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE17 December 2024 The Forest Alliance NSW has responded to the release of a three year review by the NSW Independent pricing regulator raising doubts of the economic viability of native forest logging in NSW. The report was released under freedom of information...

Forestry Corporation NSW loses $29m of taxpayer funds, annual report reveals

December 16, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE14th December 2024 Friday’s release of NSW Forestry Corporation’s annual report shows that the taxpayer is again propping up the destruction of our native forests. FCNSW reported a $29 m loss in its native hardwood division, almost double the figure reported last year....

One year on, Restoring Our Rivers Act revives hope for a healthier Murray-Darling

December 02, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE 2nd December 2024 A year since the passing of the Restoring Our Rivers Act in the federal Parliament, leading Australian conservation groups said today the new legislation has revived hope that Australia's biggest river system can have a healthier future. The Murray-Darling...

NCC welcomes first steps of reform for NSW biodiversity protections

November 22, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE22nd November 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation has today welcomed passage of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Offsets Scheme) Bill 2024 as an important first step in reforming NSW nature laws. ...

NSW must strengthen Biodiversity Offset laws as threatened species list grows

November 15, 2024

MEDIA RELEASEFriday 15th November, 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, says the addition or uplisting of 48 species to the NSW threatened species list so far this year highlights the need for strong reforms...