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Threatened species spike 20%, environment report shows
July 19, 2022
Comments on the Australian State of the Environment Report Nature Conservation Council Deputy Chief Executive Jacqui Mumford said: “Since the year 2000, the number of species on the Federal Government’s threatened list has increased a shocking 20 per cent. [1] “In the six years...
Read MoreForestry Corporation faces $18 million in fines for destroying koala habitat, giant trees and hollow-bearing trees
July 13, 2022
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is prosecuting Forestry Corporation for allegedly cutting down six “giant trees” and seven “hollow bearing trees” and other breaches in koala habitat in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest inland of Coffs Harbour on the Mid-North Coast. [1] The...
Read MoreFederal listing of greater gliders is another reason to end native forest logging in NSW
July 05, 2022
The federal listing of the greater-bellied glider in southeast Australia as an Endangered species is another reason to end native forest logging in NSW. [1] The listing of the greater glider comes hot on the heels of the listing of the yellow-bellied glider [2] and...
Read MoreForestry Corp fined $530,000 this month for environmentally reckless and unlawful behaviour
July 01, 2022
Forestry Corporation has been prosecuted and fined four times this month for alleged illegal logging operations in koala habitat, fire-affected forests and within exclusion zones. Yesterday, it was revealed the Land and Environment Court had ordered Forestry Corp to pay $230,000 for failing to...
Read More75 hectares of habitat lost each day in NSW
June 30, 2022
Latest land clearing data shows 75 hectares of wildlife habitat is bulldozed or logged every day in NSW, almost twice the average annual rate recorded before the Coalition overhauled nature laws in 2016. [1] The annual Statewide Land and Tree Study (SLATS) data shows...
Read MoreEPA pings Forestry Corp a third time in six days for allegedly breaking environmental laws
June 23, 2022
Forestry Corporation has been prosecuted and fined three times in the past six days for alleged illegal logging operations in koala habitat and fire-affected forests. Today, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) announced it had fined Forestry Corp $15,000 (the maximum penalty) for failing to...
Read MorePrecious Callala Bay wildlife habitat must be protected
June 21, 2022
Threatened species including greater gliders, eastern pygmy possums and powerful owls will all lose vital habitat if the NSW Government allows a property developer to destroy 40 hectares of mature coastal forest at Callala Bay. [1] “The bushland around Callala Bay and Lake Wollumboola...
Read MoreBudget fails to tackle key threat to biodiversity — habitat destruction
June 21, 2022
In response to spending in the environment portfolio announced in today's state budget, Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said: “We welcome new funding in the budget for national parks and private land conservation — farmers should be supported to do the right...
Read MoreForestry Corp pinged for logging environmentally significant forests after the Black Summer bushfires
June 20, 2022
Just days after being fined $135,000 for destroying koala habitat on the mid-north coast, Forestry Corporation now faces charges it illegally logged a Category 1 Environmentally Significant Area in the Yambulla State Forest after the Black Summer Bushfires. [1] “While the charges are yet to...
Read MoreFines will never replace critical koala habitat destroyed by Forestry Corporation
June 16, 2022
Today’s $135,600 fine for destroying koala habitat is more evidence Forestry Corporation is a rogue entity unfit in its current state to manage a resource as important as the state’s public native forests. [1] Forestry Corp was also ordered to pay $150,000 of the...
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