The campaign, which will use footage from On the Brink, already has the support of the Bob Brown Foundation, Friends of the Earth, NSW Greens, Wilderness Australia, NSW Nature Conservation Council, Australian Rainforest Conservation Society, Rainforest 4 Foundation, Extinction Rebellion, Rainforest Rescue, North East Forest Alliance, Morag Gamble’s vast permaculture network, Community Voice Australia, ACF Central Coast, Mullum Seed, Community Environment Network, Central Coast Permaculture.
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Koalas suffer death by a thousand cuts
The department encourage the planting of koala feed trees to supplement the forest. Neighbours in Palmdale who live adjacent to the area currently being logged did exactly that and are devastated that their good work will come to nothing as no koalas can survive in the logged area.
Resident speaks out about cost of logging
If, by some miracle, we dodge that firebomb, research shows that logged forests present a higher fire risk than unlogged areas for a period of 30 years and even 70 years after logging.
T is for tea and trees and Tuesday
Tea for Trees takes place on the roadside near the Palmdale roundabout at Kangy Angy every Tuesday at around 11am as a way for the community to gather and peacefully pay homage to the nearby Ourimbah Forest. By Jacquelene Pearson There’s a giant cardboard koala, lots of hand painted signs […]
UN’s first statement on toxics and human rights
Air quality standards in Australia are less protective than in other member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Moreover, certain facilities have received exemptions from compliance with relevant standards, and communities pay the price.
EPA prosecutes Delta over fish kills
The community representatives want the EPA to put more information in the public domain about additional measures mentioned in their media release including reference to a coal ash repository investigation and tightening of Vales Point’s NoX emissions which it has received a series of exemptions by the EPA to exceed.
Toxic coal legacy exposed as UN representatives visit Buff Point
In September 2024 Dr Orellana will submit his report on the outcome of his visit to Australia to the UN Human Rights Commission.
Photographer supports campaign against planning proposal
Hopefully, people will hear the call of Nature and protect the sanctuaries we have left.
Great Koala National Park logging condemned
Gumbaynggirr elders have called for the protection of sacred sites in and around Newry State Forest.
In a clear response to community opposition, locked steel gates have been established at every entrance of the forest with security guards present 24/7 with routine police visits.
NSW and Qld come last on first Trees Scorecard
Only 52 per cent of Australia’s forests and woodlands remain intact. Deforestation continues at a globally significant rate. In the time it takes to read this sentence, 20 Australian native trees will have been cut down or damaged— that’s almost two trees lost every second, 93 lost each minute, 50 million lost every year.