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Another greater glider stronghold safe for now?

November 22, 2024

We can now confirm that after a concerted campaign by Wilderness Australia to find and record the den trees of the endangered greater glider, Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) has withdrawn from two significant strongholds: Tallaganda and Badja State Forests.

Media Release - Forest Industry Action Plan Independent Forestry Panel

August 26, 2024

The Forest Alliance NSW has released this media statement in response to the NSW Government's appointment of an expert panel to lead the consultation process required to inform the development of the Forestry Industry Action Plan (FIAP). The FIAP will determine the future of...

The future of NSW forests and timber industries

August 22, 2024

The Forest Alliance NSW has released a public statement calling on the NSW Government to urgently begin the work of reviewing the future of NSW public forests and the state’s timber industry.

Media Release - Gardens of Stone SCA

May 24, 2024

Bid for Serviced Cabins in a Blue Mountains park will test the Minns Government’s green credentials. A proposal to build serviced cabins for tourism in pristine parts of the Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area near Lithgow risks damage to its internationally renowned pagoda...

Australia’s greenhouse targets cannot be met without the conservation of native forest

May 21, 2024

The following piece was written by Wilderness Australia Chair, Bob Debus, and Wilderness Australia Director, Virginia Young. This was originally published in Pearls and Irritations on 20th May 2024.  

A powerful new approach: saving the Greater Glider one den tree at a time

May 18, 2024

Over the last three weeks, we have been working our way across the steep hills and thick forests of Tallaganda. Our mission has been to find and record the homes - called ‘den trees’ - of the endangered Southern Greater Glider.

Make a submission on the Redbank Power Station before 11th April

April 09, 2024

The threat of biomass burning has resurfaced in NSW. Verdant Earth Technologies (Verdant) is proposing to re-open the Redbank Power Station (near Singleton, NSW) to operate as a biomass power station, using trees cleared on farms under woefully weak land clearing laws.

Greater gliders pushed closer towards extinction

February 06, 2024

Without warning the EPA has made changes to the NSW logging protocols that have scrapped the need to find and protect all den trees with a 50m logging exclusion zone. This weakening of protocols could mean the accelerated extinction of greater gliders in NSW.

Success! Forestry have retreated from Tallaganda

January 31, 2024

Over the last few days Forestry Corporation of NSW has pulled out of Tallaganda. For the first time in decades, there is no immediate threat of logging anywhere along the full 60km length of that high altitude range.

Our plan to expand NSW National Parks

December 14, 2023

Many of our most important wilderness areas and natural landscapes remain outside the formal reserve system, and are subject to ongoing threats like logging, roading, hunting and inappropriate fire management.

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Australian Foundation for Wilderness Limited
ACN 001 112 143
ABN 84 001 112 143
Advocating as 'Wilderness Australia'
Formerly The Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd
Registered Office 8/154 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000
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