Media Releases

March 28, 2022

Internationally acclaimed forest ecologist Professor David Lindenmayer is headline speaker at a public forum in Moruya next Monday, April 4, called to discuss on the future of native forest management on the South Coast.  The forum, titled An Alternative Vision for South Coast Forests,...

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...

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...

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...

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...