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Forest Alliance calls for independent review of inflated forestry yield data

November 17, 2025

Forestry Alliance NSW's Justin Field sent the below letter to NSW Premier Chris Minns in November 2025 to request an independent review of Forestry Corporation's sustainable yield assessments. Dear Premier, I am writing to draw your attention to Forestry Corporation of NSW’s (FCNSW) 2024/25...

Forest Alliance calls on Minister Watt to apply national environmental standards to logging

October 14, 2025

Forestry Alliance NSW sent the below letter to the Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt in October 2025 urging the Labor Government to remove Regional Forest Agreement exemptions from the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Dear Minister Watt, I am writing to you on...

Internal government report confirms fire-ravaged South Coast forests should not be logged

October 03, 2025

The NSW Government has sat for almost a year on advice from the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) warning that thousands of hectares of state forests burnt in the 2019–20 fires risk permanent damage without a moratorium on logging or significant additional protections. The NRC...

20% of state’s koalas protected from logging in new “Great Koala National Park”

September 07, 2025

The Forest Alliance NSW has strongly welcomed the Minns Labor Government's declaration of a 176,000-hectare Great Koala National Park in the Coffs Coast region and an immediate end to logging in this area. Gary Dunnett from the National Parks Association said: “This park will...

Tallaganda Forestry charges welcome, but only ‘tip of the iceberg’

August 29, 2025

The Forest Alliance NSW has welcomed the NSW Environment Protection Authority's (EPA’s) decision today to prosecute Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) for 29 charges. The charges related to illegally logging of critical Greater Glider habitat in Tallaganda State Forest on the NSW South Coast. ...