Publications

AFCA submission to the European Union Climate Target Initiative 2020

AFCA submitted to the 2030 EU Climate Target Initiative  in relation to its erroneous regard that forest bioenergy is a renewable energy.  We argued logically that emissions are without borders so all nation states must immediately reduce emissions and draw down excess atmospheric carbon to avoid irreversible global warming.

We argued for a cessation of fossil fuel combustion and protection …

Submission to Inquiry into NSW Energy Supply and its Sustainability

AFCA’s submission addresses Terms of Reference Numbers 2, 4 and 5 and focuses on the impact of Federal and NSW state legislation that deems energy from burning wood, and in particular wood biomass from native forests, a carbon neutral ‘renewable’. We provide an overview of the impact and implications of legislation currently enabling subsidisation of native forest bioenergy and fuels.

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Submission into the Royal Commission into Natural Disasters (Bushfire) with specific reference to bushfire

AFCA addressed the issue of catastrophic bushfires from a land management perspective that included the following recommendations

Recommendation 1:  Recognise climate change as a primary driver of bushfire risk and logging native forests a major contributing factor to both climate change and bushfire risk

Recommendation 2:  The Commonwealth to develop new policies for an end to native forest logging and …

Submission into routine review of Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

AFCA’s submission to the review of Australia’s cornerstone environmental legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, argues the Act is inadequate and needs to be strengthened.  In particular it should not be weakened to devolve matters of national significance to the states, over-riding federal protection.

AFCA addressed the following issues:

Introduction

Section 1: Government failure to implement critical recommendations …