The destruction of native forests

"The independent review of the EPBC Act, conducted by Graeme Samuel in 2020, described the exemption for RFAs from federal environment laws as an untenable "loophole". The Greens, who have been demanding a complete ban on native forest logging, want to end the exemption of RFAs from the EPBC Act immediately. Changes to the EPBC Act will be before the Senate on Wednesday..."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-23/labor-greens-deal-on-environment-laws-native-forests/106040766
#biodiversity #EPBCAct #NativeForests #RFAs #degradation #FossilFuels #NSWLogging #BellingenLogging

Keeping watch over greater gliders in a forest targeted for logging

“No tree hollows – no owls, no gliders, no black cockatoos, no bats. A hollow can take 150 to 200 years to form.”

Bulga state forest, inland from Port Macquarie on the New South Wales mid-north coast is to be logged by the state-owned NSW Forestry Corporation.

"This unburnt forest – with its habitat for threatened species including the koala and glossy-black cockatoo, and critically endangered plants such as the rainforest tree Rhodamnia rubescens – has been a target for logging."

The Henry review "identified that native forest logging was damaging ecosystems and species and called for legislation related to biodiversity to be given primacy over other land management laws, including those that govern logging."

The greater glider population "halved in little more than 20 years, and it was listed under national environmental laws as endangered in 2022."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/20/australia-greater-gliders-endangered-species-list-protection
#BulgaSF #Henry #RFAs #BiodiversityCrisis #gliders #SaveBulgaForests #NSWlogging #FCNSW #StopNativeForestLogging #ExtinctionCrisis #NSW #MidNorthCoast

Hope for NSW forests: Court decision upholds community’s right to challenge native forest logging
Weak laws failing our forests , EDO

"In the shadow of claims made by the NSW Forestry Corporation, communities have been led to believe that they have no rights to challenge decisions about industrial logging in NSW native forests or seek action over unlawful conduct when logging destroys hollow-bearing trees and critical habitat for threatened species."

"But two recent court decisions have shattered those claims after EDO’s client successfully ran an argument which hasn’t previously been tested in the courts. After 20 years of resistance by the Forestry Corporation, it is now legally recognised that communities with a special interest have the right to hold the state-owned logging agency to account over its forestry operations in native forests."

"Protecting our forests is one of the most important things we can do to manage climate change, preserve our precious biodiversity and prevent further species extinctions. Yet Forestry Corporation NSW logs around 30,000 hectares of state forest every year. Sadly, many of these forests are logged to be turned into low-value products, such as woodchips, that are exported to make cardboard and toilet paper."
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https://www.edo.org.au/2024/02/29/hope-for-nsw-forests-court-decision-upholds-communitys-right-to-challenge-native-forest-logging/
#NativeForests #EDO #FCNSW #NSWLogging #law #RFAs #koalas #gliders

Have they simply stopped monitoring the logging of native forests in NSW?

"The NSW budget rejected any funding for a mandatory monitoring program of forestry operations. This runs counter to international standards. Suzanne Arnold reports on Australia’s forestry fail."

"The lack of funding came in spite of pleas from the critically important Forest Monitoring & Improvement Program, which monitors NSW native logging, and the 20 year Regional Forest Agreements."

"The Montreal Process Working Group framework underpins and is the foundation of Australia’s state and federal forestry approvals and operations. Scientific and legal evidence provided in reports, legal challenges, and other research provides compelling evidence showing Australia is in non-compliance with the entire MPG framework."

read the full articles>
https://michaelwest.com.au/nsw-governments-non-compliance-with-international-standards-threatens-forest-protection/

Smoke ‘n mirrors budget: forests and koalas are great but logging and money are better!
https://michaelwest.com.au/smoke-n-mirrors-budget-forests-and-koalas-are-great-but-logging-and-money-are-better/
#Australia #governance #noncompliance #NativeForests #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #SaveTuckersNob #MontrealProcessWorkingGroup #MPG #RFAs #MontréalProcess #ecosystems #NSW #biodiversity #conservation