NSW Forestry born-again as eco-forestry looking for new markets

"The forestry industry in northern NSW is considering new financial opportunities in eco-forestry and environmental markets."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-16/great-koala-national-park-forestry-future-carbon-market/105954932
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NSWLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #LoggingIndustry #MidNorthCoast #GKNP #KoalaTouristPark #firebreaks #LoggingAndLandclearing #extractivism #MinisterialDiscretion #EPBCAct

Image: The Bongil Bongil National Park has been included in the new Great Koala National Park, but the logging monster is always lurking... (Art by 'Danka')

Great Koala National Park is happening!!

The Minns Government has confirmed that the Great Koala National Park is moving forward, placing a moratorium on logging while the technicalities of carbon credits are ironed out.

#GKNP #NSWpol #auspol
https://1earthmedia.com/nsw-celebrates-the-great-koala-national-park/

Protest Erupts in Orara East State Forest as Logging Begins Ahead of Koala Park Declaration.

Just weeks before the promised proclamation of the Great Koala National Park, chainsaws & heavy machinery have roared into Orara East State Forest.

#NSWpol #Auspol #GKNP
https://1earthmedia.com/logging-orara-east-state-forest-before-koala-park-declaration/

Forestry Corp NSW Under Scrutiny:
EPA's Compliance Update Highlights Issues in Native Forestry.
FCNSW incurred $millions in fines since bushfire 2019.

If they succeed in lobbying against #GKNP the koala will again be an election issue for Minns. imho

#auspol #nswpol
https://1earthmedia.com/forestry-corporation-nsw-has-a-compliance-problem/

The Great Koala National Park is on the chopping block as the timber industry lobbies to cut the park's size to 37,000 ha to 58,000 ha, considerably less than the 176,000 ha on the table.
Minns will decide the boundaries & size soon.

#auspol #nswpol #GKNP
https://1earthmedia.com/loggers-take-a-chainsaw-to-great-koala-national-park-idea/

The Case for the Great Koala National Park.

With NSW Government poised to make a critical decision on the establishment of the GKNP, conservationists & economists are urging Premier Chris Minns to seize this transformative opportunity.

#NSWpol #auspol #GKNP
https://1earthmedia.com/great-koala-national-park-decision-soon/

The Great Koala National Park is down to the wire with a government decision expected to finalise the boundaries within a month.
The forestry industry is lobbying for a 60,000ha version, cut down from 176,000 hectares.

Got a minute to help?

#NSWpol #auspol #GKNP
https://1earthmedia.com/the-great-koala-national-park-a-ripper-of-a-fight-for-our-furry-mates/

Australia is a world leader in species extinction and declines
Yet the koala’s feed trees keep falling...

"Since time immemorial, the Gumbaynggirr Nation has cared for country and we know that the Dunggirr is sacred to the First Nations peoples of Bellingen Shire."

"Koalas cannot read signs or distinguish boundaries between native forests, state forest plantations or your backyard."

"Over decades locals and tourists have come to know about the Gleniffer koalas, through registered sightings and expert evidence. Yet the koala’s feed trees keep falling, even though Forestry Corporation of NSW (FC NSW) has no social licence."

"After operating within our Shire for over three decades, FC NSW have deliberately withdrawn any connection with the community and take no responsibility for the cumulative damage that the corporation has inflicted on our community’s waterways, roads and bridges".

"...We need to rethink the age-old argument between plantations versus habitat.This requires courage because we all need to have these conversations regarding the remnants in plantations and the wildlife therein."

Bellingen Environment Centre
Take me to the article>>
https://www.newsofthearea.com.au/letter-to-the-editor-bellingen-environment-centre-calls-for-unity
#Savetuckersnob #SavePineCreek #GKNP #NSWLogging #koala #BiodiversityCrisis #climate #BellingenLogging #GumbaynggirrCountry #Gleniffer #RemnantVegetation #FCNSW #legitimacy

We are raising funds to help save Gleniffer forest and Koalas.

The Koala is Australia's National Icon and also now an endangered species. Recently the Forestry Corporation moved to destroy vital Koala habitat in our area – Tuckers Nob State Forest (Gleniffer), in the heart of the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP). The community rallied against it, and we have been successful in suspending logging operations.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/voice-for-koalas-be-a-part-of-the-solution
#SaveTuckersNob #NativeForests #biodiversity #Koalas #ClimateEmergency #BellingenLogging #GKNP

Forestry Corp has started logging compartment 14 of the Pine Creek State Forest within the boundaries of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP).

"The compartment is bordered on three sides by Bongil Bongil National Park. It contains a ‘koala hub’ – the only interim government policy protection afforded koala in the GKNP."

"Fully 50-60% of every tree felled is ‘waste’ for Forestry’s purposes. Non target species such as casuarina (the primary food source of endangered glossy black cockatoo) is swept away as trash. All this is bulldozed into 3-meter high long windrows and burned. What are the CO2 losses from this practice one wonders."
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https://knittingnannas.org/2023/10/23/breaking-clear-fell-logging-starts-in-pine-creek-state-forest-today/

Pine Creek State Forest Compartments 14 - 18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSHfMJn6sj0

#PineCreek #FriendsofPineCreek #NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #conservation #koalas #birds #cockatoo #GreatKoalaNationalPark #wildlife #connectivity #BongilBongil to #BindariNationalPark #GKNP #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis