Calls End to Native Forest Logging in NSW Rejected by Federal Court

Published on January 10, 2024

The Federal Court of Australia has rejected a key challenge that environmental defenders believed would stop native forest logging in northern New South Wales (NSW). The North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) brought the case against the Commonwealth of Australia and NSW in the first-ever legal challenge to a Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) in the state. NEFA challenged the 2018 extension of the North East RFA, arguing the Commonwealth and state neglected to assess the impacts of large-scale logging on climate change, endangered species such as koalas, and old-growth forests. The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), representing NEFA, argued that renewing the North East RFA was not right without following the assessment and approval requirements of federal environmental laws....

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