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North East Forest Alliance members protecting Bulga Forest (Inland from Port MacQuarie)
Photograph: Amber Trax
The elusive and endangered greater glider.
Photograph: Dean Sewell/Oculi Photos/
BellingenNSWLogging operations to continue between NSW and Queensland after judge rejects environmentalists' court bid
"Environmentalists have lost a legal challenge to a forestry agreement between the NSW and Commonwealth governments, meaning logging operations can continue within a vast coastal area between Sydney and the Queensland border."
"On behalf of the alliance (The North East Forest Alliance), the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) argued the Commonwealth was required to assess environmental values and principles of ecologically sustainable management when it was renewed, but failed to do so".
"These included impacts on endangered species, climate change and old growth forests."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-10/nsw-forestry-court-decision-logging-nefa/103300986
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Logging operations to continue between NSW and Queensland after judge rejects environmentalists' court bid
The case was the first legal challenge to a regional forestry agreement in NSW, and argued the forestry industry was impacting on endangered species, climate change and old growth forests.
1EarthMediaYesterday's court ruling has sparked protests including a blockade of Forestry Corp's headquarters amid calls for ministerial intervention to protect fire-affected habitats of endangered koalas & greater gliders.
#NSWpol #NEFA #Stand4Forests
https://1earthmedia.com/land-and-environment-court-rules-not-ok/
Ruling leaves koala populations exposed but door opens to further legal action
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https://www.edo.org.au/2023/11/20/ruling-leaves-koala-populations-exposed-but-door-opens-to-further-legal-action/
North East Forest Alliance laments Land and Environment Court loss, says koalas will suffer
"The Land and Environment Court has rejected an application to stop logging in two bushfire affected forests in north-east NSW."
"This was our last official legal attempt to try and save the koalas. "They're going to take out most of their feed trees."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-20/nefa-court-challenge-nsw-forestry-corporation-dismissed/103127218
#NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #koalas #wildlife #Bushfires #law #lawfare #NSW #Braemar #MyrtleStateForests #NEFA #EDO #EPA #court #vidence #ForestryCorporation #NorthEastRegionalForestAgreement #ClimateEmergency #biodiversity
Ruling leaves koala populations exposed but door opens to further legal action - Environmental Defenders Office
The North East Forests Alliance (NEFA) is calling for ministerial intervention to protect fire-affected habitat after a disappointing Land and Environment Court ruling today. [1] On behalf of NEFA, EDO took the state government-owned logging company to court in August to stop it from logging Braemar and Myrtle State Forests [2]. Both forests contain significant [...]Read More...