Category Archives: Forests and Forestry
East Lynne Koala Carrying Capacity Study 2021
The East Lynne carrying capacity study suggests the area could support up to four resident koala groups as a best-case scenario, if natural post-wildfire recovery is accompanied by deliberate land management intervention. There might also be one small koala resident … Continue reading
Posted in 2021, Forests and Forestry, Koala Project, Publications
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Breach Watch Digital Toolbox
Breachwatch Citizens Science Digital Toolbox While native forest logging remains a reality, strategic use of Citizen Science Tools by concerned locals results in key environmental forest features being protected and timely reporting of industry non-compliance to the EPA to ensure “breaches” … Continue reading
Leaked Government Report shows continued logging in bushfire affected forests is unsustainable
Natural Resources Commission – Final Report Coastal IFOA operations post 2019/20 wildfires The leaked Cabinet in Confidence NRC report recommends: 1) No logging of Narooma and Nowra management zones, where logging was identified as posing an “extreme risk” to environmental values for … Continue reading
Key Logging Operations in the Southern Forestry Region
Please click here to view an up-to-date Forestry Corporation 12 month plan of operations in Google Drive, maintained by Coastwatchers’ Forest Working Group. (Link will open in a new tab or window.)
Posted in 2022, Forests and Forestry
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Frontier Economics / ANU Report: Comparing the value of alternative uses of forests in Southern NSW
Study context and purpose The NSW Government has recently announced a target of reducing the state’s emissions by 50% by 2030 on 2005 levels. Meeting this target while driving increased prosperity requires the realisation of the cheapest sources of abatement. … Continue reading
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Save Mogo’s Forests!
Next forest on the chopping block: 127 hectares of spotted gum forest approved for logging 14 Oct 2021 – Active next step Compartment 146, east of Mogo, lies south east of Dogtrap Road (~2km east of Princes Hwy) and straddles … Continue reading
Coastwatchers Submission to Legislative Council Inquiry into the long term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry – June 4th 2021
Posted in 2021, Forests and Forestry, Submissions
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Conservationists call for new logging policies, fearing for critically endangered swift parrot – ABC News –
Posted in 2021, Forests and Forestry, News Coverage
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Stop logging the fire-ravaged South Coast
The information below was copied from the website of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW (of which Coastwatchers is a member). Forestry Corporation NSW is planning to restart logging in South Coast native forests in the coming weeks. Following the Black Summer … Continue reading
Posted in Bushfire, Forests and Forestry
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The Nexus Report: Nature Based Solutions to the Biodiversity and Climate Crisis
Authors: Charles Victor Barber, World Resources Institute; Rachael Petersen, Earthrise Services; Virginia Young, Australian Rainforest Conservation Society; Brendan Mackey, Griffith University, Cyril Kormos, Wild Heritage. The climate change and biodiversity crises that the world faces are closely intertwined – and … Continue reading
CW Letter to EDO re 31 trees with hollows to remain standing around active logging in South Brooman Forest
Posted in 2020, Forests and Forestry, Letters
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Coastwatchers Report to Environmental Protection Agency for investigation re South Brooman State Forest October 12th 2020
Coastwatchers is writing to report Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) and contractors regarding the following
actions in South Brooman State Forest Compartments 58A (Eden Region) to be investigated and prosecuted as
relevant by the EPA Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Forests and Forestry, Letters
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Coastwatchers Submission to Natural Resources Commission Citizens Science Strategy August 14th 2020
Posted in 2020, Forests and Forestry, Submissions
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Coastwatchers is a Signatory to Letter to Nippon Paper – June 25th, 2020
25 June Coastwatchers is a signatory to a letter to Nippon Paper organised by Rainforest Action Group. A petition is also now live. One of the signatories to the letter organized a letter delivery and secured some local press. Also see press releases issued by … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, External Collaboration, Forests and Forestry, Letters
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Forest Embassy South Brooman State Forest June 29th 2020
Media Release June 26th 2020
Posted in 2020, Forests and Forestry, Media Releases
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Coastwatchers Submission to Draft Private Native Forestry Codes of Practice NSW – May 2020
Also, below is the the submission from the Environmental Defender’s Office.
Posted in 2020, Forests and Forestry, Submissions
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Coastwatchers’ objection to Eden Timber Optimisation Hub May 2020
Posted in 2020, Forests and Forestry, Letters, Submissions
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Coastwatchers Submission to the NSW Bushfire Inquiry March 2020
Posted in 2020, Bushfire, Climate Change, Forests and Forestry, Submissions
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Protect Lake Brou
Lake Brou is a beautiful coastal lake lying just 2.5 kms south-west of Potato Point near Bodalla on the NSW South Coast. It is part surrounded by Eurobodalla National Park to the north-east, east and south-east, and forms part of … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Lake Brou
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Letter to Forest Monitoring Steering Committee – Sept 2019
Posted in 2019, Forests and Forestry, Letters
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Coastwatchers Submission to Natural Resources Commission NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Steering Committee, Nov 8th 2019
The Commission invites comment on the draft monitoring program for the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (IFOA) from all interested parties. The NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Steering Committee is independently chaired by the Natural Resources Commission. The Coastwatchers Association … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Forests and Forestry, Submissions
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Coastwatchers submission re Koala inquiry August 2019
Posted in 2019, Fauna, Forests and Forestry, Submissions
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Corn Trail Media and Politicians Contacts
Dear Corn Trail Supporters 27 February 2019 News Sent 27 Feb Stop Work Orders demanded for compartment 517 logging above Corn Trail, Beagle Weekly Feb 26, 2019. Stop Work Orders demanded for compartment 517 above Corn Trail – Mike Kelly … Continue reading
Logging the Corn Trail – Useful Media Links
C Stop Work Orders demanded for compartment 517 logging above Corn Trail, Beagle Weekly Feb 26, 2019. Stop Work Orders demanded for compartment 517 above Corn Trail – Mike Kelly says our precious native forests worth more as carbon sinks. This … Continue reading
CW Submission – Integrated Forestry Operations Agreements – July 12th 2018
The NSW government has recently announced its intention to drastically weaken the logging rules (Integrated Forestry Operations Approval—IFOA) to remove numerous protections for NSW’s threatened species, koalas, old growth & rainforest and waterways. Coastwatchers IFOA remake submission with covering letter. (80KB … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry, Submissions
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IFOA Submission by SERCA, GSF & NPA – July 13th 2018
Submission to Environment Protection Authority from South East Region Conservation Alliance, the Great Southern Forest and the National Parks Association Far South Coast Branch, July 13th 2018. IFOA submission – SERCA, GSF, NPA – July 13 2018 (662KB .pdf)
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry
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NPA Briefing Note: Proposed changes to NSW’s logging laws.
New Logging Rules NPA IFOA_BriefingNote_May18V3 (170KB .pdf)
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry
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Logging laws will destroy thousands of hectares of some of the world’s most diverse forests – Media Release NPA/NCC/NCEC/SERCA/NEFA/BEC –
New logging laws released by the NSW Government this week sacrifice environmental protection to timber extraction, according to all the state’s leading forest conservation groups. 180518 – MR – Logging laws shred environmental protections (132KB .pdf)
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry, RFA Renewals
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Old growth forest under attack as government winds back environmental protections – Media Release NCC/NPA/NEFA – May 15th 2018
The Berejiklian government’s plan to “remap” old growth forest poses serious new threat to some of the best mature forests left in NSW. 180516-MR – New laws expose old-growth forests to logging (114KB .pdf)
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry, RFA Renewals
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Letter to the Editor – Bay Post – March 23rd 2018
South Coast conservationists have declared the UN International Forests Day on March 21 as a day of shame for the NSW Forestry Corporation and the NSW Government because of the systematic destruction of South Coast forests. They should hang their heads … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry, Letters, News Coverage, RFA Renewals
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UN International Forests Day 21 March 2018 – Day of Shame for South Coast Forestry over destructive logging and Rotten Forest Deals.
Download (Coastwatchers MR 21 Mar 2018 Protest on International Forest Day 82KB .pdf) or read below. South Coast conservationists have declared the UN International Forests Day as a day of shame for the NSW Forestry Corporation and the NSW Government … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry, Media Releases, RFA Renewals
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Rolling Logs Over is Purely Political – Keith Joliffe
In the last few weeks, social media has begun predicting a “roll-over” for the Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs). RFAs are arrangements between the Commonwealth and States aimed at balancing the needs of the forestry industry and its small dependent communities … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Fauna, Forests and Forestry, RFA Renewals
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South Coast Conservationists Reject NSW Government Propaganda on Rotten Forest Deals (AKA Regional Forest Agreements)
Coastwatchers, Eurobodalla Shire’s largest conservation group, has rejected as complete nonsense the recent attempts by the NSW Department of Primary industries (DPI) to defend the existing Regional Forest Agreements and proposed 20 year extensions as ecologically sustainable and economically responsible.
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry, Media Releases, RFA Renewals
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“Predetermined Outcome” prompts green groups to ditch NSW forest talks – Sydney Morning Herald
Please click here to read the article on the SMH website.
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry, News Coverage, RFA Renewals
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Media Release Feb 14th 2018 – South Coast Conservationists Rally Against Rotten Forest Deals (Regional Forest Agreements)
Coastwatchers, other conservation groups and supporters are today rallying at Batemans Bay to protest plans by the Turnbull and Berejiklian governments to lock up 2 million hectares of public forests, hand them over to big business like the Eden Wood … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Forests and Forestry, Media Releases
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Alert! Save the Forests – Donate your lunch hour on 14 February 2018 at Batemans Bay
Dear Coastwatchers Members This is a chance to tell the Turnbull and Berejiklian Governments how deeply opposed you are to the destruction of our native forests by the logging industry. Please put Wednesday 14 February in your diary NOW! The push to lock … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Expired Notices, Forests and Forestry
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NSW Govt Publication – Overview of RFA Renewals
overview-extending-regional-forest-agreements (102KB .pdf)
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry, RFA Renewals
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Victorian Forest Investigation Underway
In February 2017, VicForests began logging an area near Warburton known as the Blue Vein coupe, just a few hundred metres from the famous 350- year-old Ada Tall Trees Reserve. Local citizen scientists from the ‘Wildlife of the Central Highlands’ … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry
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Moruya Forest Forum Success
The Coastwatchers ‘Moruya Forest Forum’, was held on Wednesday 23 August 2017, and was a great success. About 100 people attended the Forum in the St. Mary’s Performing Art Centre, an ideal venue for this type of activity. The meeting opened … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry, Meetings, Public Meetings, RFA Renewals
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Forest Forum Letter to the Premier October 16th 2017
Dear Premier, Prohibition on the Logging of Mogo State Forest The Coastwatchers Association Inc. opposes the continued logging of State Forests in the Batemans Bay region of the South Coast of NSW, particularly the logging of timber, which is destined … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry, Letters, RFA Renewals
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Moruya Forest Forum Resources – August 23rd 2017
NPA Forests for All Plan https://npansw.org/what-we-do/our-work/campaigns/end-native-forest-logging/ Great Southern Forest Campaign seeks to protect all of the 430,000 hectares of public native forests of the Southern and Eden Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) regions following the expiry of the RFAs. The GSF is … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry, RFA Renewals
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Moruya Forest Forum Resolutions- August 23rd 2017
This meeting calls on the NSW Government to: 1. Cease Logging Mogo State Forest Immediately cease logging the Mogo State Forest until a professionally based pre logging review is undertaken and assessed, given the known presence of both the Vulnerable … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry, Meetings, Public Meetings, RFA Renewals
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Moruya Forest Forum Invitation
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry, Meetings, Public Meetings, RFA Renewals
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Propping Up a Potential Dead Asset – The Closure/Sale of the Heyfield Timber Mill
A salutary lesson in timber resource management Gippsland in Victoria is still reeling from the loss of hundreds of jobs following the closure of the Hazelwood Power Station. And then months later the largest hardwood sawmill in Australia, also based … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry
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Concerned Community Members Find Endangered Greater Gliders, and Vulnerable Yellow-bellied Gliders in the Mogo State Forest
Since the logging operation commenced, volunteer members of the community have been surveying the Mogo Forest, searching for fauna that would be adversely affected by the logging activities. They were also noting the presence of habitat and feed trees. The … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry
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Forest Logging Debate Erupts in Eurobodalla
For many years there have been many environmental battles to reduce or halt the logging of State Forests on the South Coast of NSW. They have never ended. The campaigns have been run by dedicated members of the community particularly … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Forests and Forestry
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The Need to Preserve Old Trees for the Conservation of Wildlife
The NSW Government is still allowing the logging of native forests, including in some areas old growth forests, here on the South Coast of NSW. This article was submitted by John Perkins to remind members of the critical significance of … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Biodiversity, Ecology, Forests and Forestry
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Things fall apart: why do the ecosystems we depend on collapse?
Professor David Lindenmayer, ANU (The Conversation 23/01/2016) People collapse, buildings collapse, economies collapse and even entire human civilizations collapse. Collapse is also common in the natural world – animal populations and ecosystems collapse. These collapses have the greatest impact on … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Ecology, Forests and Forestry
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Old Growth Giants and Wilderness to Fall
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY NATURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NSW NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION OF NSW COLONG FOUNDATION FOR WILDERNESS COASTWATCHERSMEDIA RELEASE THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2002OLD GROWTH GIANTS AND WILDERNESS TO FALLMany of NSW’s remaining unprotected old growth and wilderness forests will be … Continue reading
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Wilderness Society Media Release February 14th 2002 re Regional Forestry Agreements
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY MEDIA RELEASE 14 FEBRUARY 2002LABOR AND LIBERAL POLICY COMMITMENTS BROKEN ON DAY 3? On just the third sitting day of the new Parliament, both Labor and Liberal are risking breaking key policy commitments in allowing the passage … Continue reading
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Silviculture – Use of Tordon by State Forests
STOP PRESS – 10 October 2001 As a result of community concern, State Forests of NSW has ceased using the chemical Tordon as part of its “management practices” in forests around Batemans Bay. There will be a review over the … Continue reading
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