Media Releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

February 18, 2022

The state government scores an F in the NSW State of the Environment Report on a number of critical areas.  This report finds extreme weather conditions—drought, flood and fire—plus the key threats of habitat destruction, invasive species and climate change, have put severe pressure on...

February 17, 2022

Origin’s announcement that it will close its Eraring power station in 2025 is a sign of the unstoppable momentum of change to cleaner and cheaper energy, according to the Nature Conservation Council. “Origin’s announcement is a ray of hope for leaving a safe climate...

February 16, 2022

The Nature Conservation Council is deeply disappointed that the NSW Government hasn't done more to plug loopholes and shut down attempts to marketise our native forests in its response to the Sustainability of energy supply and resources in NSW inquiry.   Jacqui Mumford, Deputy Chief Executive of NCC: “The NSW Government has missed an...