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Koala park delay prompts fear Labor has folded to logging industry

March 04, 2025

This article by Caitlin Fitzsimmons, written on 3rd March 2025 and published by The Sydney Morning Herald, highlights our concerns on the ongoing logging and long delays in declaring the the Great Koala National Park. View the full article here.

Protection of 100% of the proposed Great Koala National Park is the minimum required, not the maximum.

February 14, 2025

Today, 17 environment groups & individuals have written to Premier Chris Minns urging the NSW Government to include all 176,000 of State Forest in the Great Koala National Park.

Open letter to Premier Minns and the NSW Government

January 13, 2025

31 environment groups have signed onto this open letter calling on the Minns Government to stop logging and announce the Great Koala National Park.

Media Release - Forestry Corporation posts huge loss as Independent review questions the economic viability of native forest logging in NSW

December 17, 2024

Today, the Forest Alliance NSW has responded to a report by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) that questions the economic viability of native forest logging in NSW.

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Australia to find and record the den trees of the endangered greater glider, Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) has withdrawn from two significant strongholds: Tallaganda and Badja State Forests.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.

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Advocating as 'Wilderness Australia'
Formerly The Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd
Registered Office 8/154 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000
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