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Robust accounting key for successful farm carbon and biodiversity markets
March 22, 2022
The Nature Conservation Council welcomes the NSW Government’s $125 million Primary Industries Productivity and Abatement Program. [1] “The farm sector has an enormous role to play in tackling the climate and extinction crises,” NCC Chief Executive Chris Gambian said. “The Primary Industries Productivity and Abatement...
Read More‘Environment assessment streamlining’ — a phrase to strike terror into every koala’s heart
March 15, 2022
“The federal government’s so-called environmental reform package [1] is a gift to coal and gas giants and a kick in the guts for threatened wildlife and the Australian bush," Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said. “This package is just a green...
Read MoreForestry Corp fined $45,000 for logging habitat trees in Mogo State Forest
March 15, 2022
NSW Forestry Corporation logging contractors cut down at least 70 mature habitat trees in Mogo State Forest on the South Coast in clear contravention of post-fire logging regulations, a NSW Environment Protection Authority investigation has found. The EPA has ordered Forestry Corporation to pay...
Read MoreSave our forests and save taxpayers a small fortune
March 15, 2022
Logging native forests is not only driving species to extinction, the NSW Forestry Corporation’s annual report shows it is also costing taxpayers millions of dollars. In 2020-21, the native forestry arm of the NSW Government’s logging company lost $20 million and prospects of it...
Read MoreFederal listing of yellow-bellied gliders as threatened is another reason to end native forest logging in NSW
March 07, 2022
The listing of the yellow-bellied glider in southeast Australia as vulnerable to extinction [1] is another reason to end native forest logging in NSW. Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has listed the iconic species as vulnerable on the advice of the Federal Threatened Species Scientific Committee. The listing of the yellow-bellied glider comes just weeks after the minister increase the threatened...
Read MoreFederal government must not reward illegal land clearers with carbon credits
March 04, 2022
The Federal Government must maintain carbon offset rules that exclude regrowth on illegally cleared land and the planting of weed species from the national carbon credit scheme. The government yesterday begun a public consultation asking stakeholders whether the exclusion applied to illegal and...
Read MoreSecret Natural Resources Commission review of native forestry codes must be made public
March 03, 2022
The Nature Conservation Council calls on NSW Government to release the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) review of draft private native forestry codes when it reports later this month. It was revealed at Budget Estimates on Tuesday [1] the NRC was reviewing the proposed PNF...
Read MoreLatest IPCC report makes energy transition and reforestation in NSW more urgent than ever
March 01, 2022
The latest IPCC report shows that NSW must do more to cut emissions to minimise the impacts climate change is having on nature and communities. “NSW must be much more ambitious on a range of fronts to ensure we play our role in the...
Read MoreFloodplain harvesting regulation disallowance is a chance to renegotiate a settlement that works for all water stakeholders
February 24, 2022
The Upper House’s has disallowed a government regulation that would have diverted hundreds of billions of litres of water from rivers, wetlands and downstream communities. “This is the best decision possible for river health, First Nations peoples and downstream communities,” said Nature Conservation Council...
Read MoreTrevor St Baker’s plans to keep burning coal at Vales Point beyond 2050 is a kick in the guts for Central Coast families
February 23, 2022
Families on the Central Coast have been dealt a bitter blow by billionaire coal baron Trevor St Baker who last week announced plans to keep his Vales Point power station running 20 years past its promised closure date of 2029. In the same week...
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