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In NSW, the overwhelming majority of logged native forest ends up as low-value woodchips, with small amounts of value adding and high levels of controversy. Native forests provide far greater value for their ecosystem services and long‐term carbon storage. As we move towards a low carbon economy, our naturally carbon dense native forests will become increasingly valuable.

It’s time for NSW to commit to ending native forest logging, reject proposals to burn native forests for power and protect and restore the state’s once great forest corridors. In taking these steps, NSW can realise the benefits of its forests and their role as vital habitat for native plants and wildlife, in storing carbon and in reducing the impacts of flood and drought on local communities.

Give to Our Forest Appeal

February 15th 2011

We have a unique opportunity to protect our native forests from becoming woodchips and secure a sustainable future for the forests of NSW.

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Gunns announcement offers hope for better deal on NSW native forests

September 15th 2010

The announcement by Tasmanian forestry giant Gunns Limited that it will stop logging native forests in favour of plantation wood sources provides an opportunity for conservationists, industry and government in NSW to work on an agreement for a more sustainable forest future, according to the Nature Conservation Council of NSW.

Gunns has also indicated it does not want native forest burned for energy. However, the NSW government is currently considering a proposal by the second largest woodchipper of Australia’s native forest, Nippon Paper Group, to build a 5MW biomass plant fuelled by native forest ‘waste’ in Eden in the state's south east.

“It’s hard to believe that in the twenty-first century NSW is still allowing the loss of our precious native forests for low-value chips or burning them for electricity,” Nature Conservation Council of NSW Chief Executive Officer Pepe Clarke said.

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Threatened species protection falters in NSW

September 7th 2010

On National Threatened Species Day, the Nature Conservation Council of NSW has condemned the NSW government's failure to protect threatened species and ecological communities across the state.

The Keneally government is unlikely to meet its own targets on the protection of NSW’s endangered wildlife, plants and ecological communities.
                                
The latest performance review of the NSW State Plan shows not one of the key biodiversity targets vital for the protection of threatened species, from the extent and condition of native vegetation to the eradication or control of invasive species, has improved since 2006.

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Highly evolved species may not adapt to climate change

September 11th 2009

Some tropical climate species may be unable to adapt to climate change and are therefore at an increased risk of extinction, according to research conducted by Monash and Melbourne Universities.

The study found plants and animals that are are highly specialised may have a low genetic diversity that does not allow adaptation to future climate changes. The findings further highlight the importance of limiting human-induced global warming and taking urgent steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

"The concern is that habitat specialists make up most of our earth's biodiversity, suggesting that this inability to adapt will affect many species, including groups of insects and potentially other groups such as mammals and fish as well," said Dr Carla Sgro from Monash University's Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research.

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