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April 2013
MR: Logging and Bio-Energy Industries Must Come Clean on Native Forests AFCA 14.04.2013
MR: Australia's native forests are at the crossroads What lies behind the biomass push? 04.2013
Petitions: Save Our Marine Sanctuaries Nature Conservation Council
Koalas: Meet Sapphire: she is one of the last Southern Koalas and we are asking governments to stop logging her south coast NSW habitat.
Research: Is restoring flora the same as restoring fauna? Lessons learned from koalas and mining rehabilitation Cristescu et al 2013 Journal of Applied Ecology
Yuin Bangguri (Mountain) Parks: draft plan of management Biamanga and Gulaga National Parks. Public consultation due 12.04.2013 OEH
Burning The Bush Isn't 'Renewable' Senator Lee Rhiannon. 08.04.2013
March 2013
Govt. letter: To Ms Hodgkinson and Forest Corporation cc Daniel Tuan. Re Hunting in Tanja Forest near home and a school bus route, Jamie Shaw Friends of Chinnock 21.03.2012
MR: Government Closes door on Native Forest Wood Fired Energy Chipstop Harriett Swift 21.03.2013
Marine parks: Government ignores fishing advice says marine biologist ABC News 13.03.2013
Government Cuts Marine Park Protections in O'Farrell's Latest Dirty Deal With the Shooters and Fishers Party John Robertson, Leaderof the Opposition, Bankstown. 12.03.2013
Govt. letter: Letter to The Hon. Barry O’Farrell, Premier of NSW from Friends of Durras re issue of recreational hunting in NSW National Parks. (Dr) Elizabeth Heyde Secretary Friends of Durras 03.2013
SMH: Minister ignored expert climate panel Ben Cubby SMH 08.03.2013
MR: Premier O’Farrell must rule out logging in protected native forests NCC 04.03.2013
Feb 2013
Corridors and Core Habitat for Koalas on the NSW Far South Coast February 2013
Chipmill Pellet Plant Scrapped Harriett Swift. 21.02.2013
Budget estimates - Lee Rhiannon questions Minister and forests department Lee Rhiannon 19.02.2013
South East NSW forests flyover shows need for transition Lee Rhiannon 19.02.2013
MR: Forestry Corp may undermine increased protections for Tanja Koalas. Friends of Chinnock. 14.02.2013
Letter to Minister Greg Hunt and others Question of Trust in Ian McDonald's role in RFAs. Bronte Somerset. 13.02.2013
Macdonald’s forestry agreements must be urgently reviewed David Shoebridge 13.02.2013
Greens and loggers differ over study Manjimup-Bridgetown Times 06.02.2013
Govt letter: Letter to Ministers Parker and Burke re Tanja State Forest’s koalas. Jamie Shaw 04.02.2013
Native forest logging is a broken business model Forest Legacy Project from West Australian Forest Alliance. 02.2013
Jan 2013
Hunting for answers Ben Smyth BDN 29.01.2013
SMH: Forests NSW 'broke rules, destroyed habitats for rare animals and plants' Ben Cubby SMH 22.01.2013
SERCA SUPPORTS:
Management of public native forests for carbon sequestration, water and biodiversity
Incentives for private native forest owners to conserve forest areas
Application of FSC standards to plantations which supply virtually all Australia's domestic and export uses
No native forests for woodchips, electricity or biofuel
Removal of Government policy distortions
Development of genuinely clean, green industries with new industries, new jobs and job training.
FACT:
If we took all the cars in Sydney off the road for a year – it would negate the annual greenhouse gas emissions produced from Nippon’s Eden chipmill logging in NSW. (26 million tonnes pa)
Logging continues to destroy floral and faunal species in SE NSW at a higher rate than elsewhere in Australia Logging continues to destroy food security; to destroy estuaries; to destroy and pollute water catchments in SE NSW
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