NSW
Australian Youth for Climate Change (AYCC) Letter 2012 to Rob Oakeshott, Federal MP Lyne Mid North Coast NSW, urging him not to move a motion in parliament to provide incentives to burn native forests as ‘renewable’ energy
AYCC argue that none of the 8 reasons provided by the Federal MP for why he is moving this motion are factually correct. They were so concerned that they raised money to buy an ad in a local newspaper to urge him not to move this motion – all to no avail. In the end however his motion was defeated …
Logging looms in national parks
May 13, 2013
Sean Nicholls
Sydney Morning Herald State Political Editor
Contentious: A parliamentary inquiry has recommended logging in national parks.
Logging would be allowed in NSW national parks and a freeze imposed on the declaration of new conservation areas under recommendations of a state government-dominated parliamentary inquiry.
An upper house committee into land use chaired by the …
NSW native forests worth more if left standing: Australia Institute report
An economic analysis by The Australia Institute claims that native forest logging in NSW lost $79 million over the last seven years, but could be making a $40 million yearly profit if left standing and allowed access to the Federal Government’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).
The Nature Conservation Council (NCC) and the National Parks Association of NSW, which jointly commissioned …
Forests For All: think big and see the benefits grow
NPA’s vision for public native forests
Our forests provide safe, well-connected habitats for native wildlife, the benefits forests provide to the people of NSW are maximised, and forests help NSW become a world leader in nature-based tourism, recreation and outdoor education.
The current state of play
The people of NSW have two million hectares of public native forests …
Forests for All
Executive summary
The coming years offer a historic opportunity to protect public native forests, the wildlife they support and the services they provide to people. As the Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) expire in the coastal forests of NSW, The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) is proposing an exit from logging public native forests so that forests better deliver benefits …