Support NEFA's Work

The North East Forest Alliance is a volunteer organisation, none of us get paid. We have been working since 1989 to protect rainforest, oldgrowth forest, wilderness and threatened species in north-east NSW, Australia. Donations we receive go directly to cover costs, such as employing experts to undertake surveys for threatened species and legal challenges. Our goal is to stop the logging of public native forests. Recently we have been focusing on legal action to create change for the multitude of increasingly threatened species. It is clear the State and Commonwealth ALP Governments will not undertake needed reform unless forced to.

Use the DONATE button if you can help NEFA continue our work undertaking surveys, pursuing State and Federal governments through the courts, and achieving meaningful protection for threatened species.

NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO CONVINCE THE NSW GOVERNMENT TO

STOP LOGGING PUBLIC NATIVE FORESTS

The NSW Government has established an Independent Forestry Panel (IFP) to make recommendations on the future of forestry by the end of this year. This is the only chance we will have in this term of the Minns Government to get a commitment to end logging of public native forests. It is important that we get as many submissions as possible by 13 October to the IFP and to the NSW Government.

Whatever IFP recommends (and we don't expect it to be favourable), it will then be up to the Government to make a decision, so it is important that we take the opportunity to make representations to the Premier and key ministers, and it is also worth lobbying your local member.

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The simple submission is:

Now is the time to stop logging public native forests, it is causing extinctions, is unsustainable, and costing taxpayers a fortune. We need to protect native forests for wildlife, recreation, water yields and to take up our carbon emissions. We can meet our timber needs from existing plantations.

Personalised submissions carry more weight, so put it in your own words and add your own comments.

The IFP requires that you make a submission through their website: https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases/2024/08/independent-forestry-panel

Please also write to:

Premier Chris Minns: [email protected]

Environment Minister Penny Sharpe: [email protected]

Forestry Minister Tara Moriarty: [email protected]

If you want to make a detailed submission addressing the terms of reference, this guide includes some points you may wish to make: Submission Guide for Independent Forestry Panel

For more detailed information see Why logging of public native forests needs to stop.

For detailed information of the travesty of Kola conservation in NSW see NEFA's submission to NSW Koala Strategy

A victim of the 2019/20 wildfires, they are now logging the homes of the survivors

We have a hard fight ahead of us to stop logging of public native forests, though we now have hope that with your help we can get there.

Here are some resources you can use:

We have edited the fantastic, and sadly still relevant Endangered Species Roadshow film - On the Brink, with cameos from world-renowned scientists David Attenborough, David Suzuki and David Bellamy and voice overs by Jack Thompson and Olivia Newton-John. You can watch it here.

Award-winning filmmaker David Bradbury has made this moving film, Gondwana, Going, Going...Gone? Featuring clips and interviews from some of the recent forest actions from across our region. You can watch it here.

Politicians and industry often make extraordinary claims about the significance and impact of logging. We have prepared responses to Frequently Asked Questions you can read here.