How to help

Help us help our forests. Whatever we do, we cannot do it without you.

sign our change.org petition

https://chng.it/vF5vdP222Y

Write or email your local State Parliamentarian

Write or email your local State Parliamentarian, the Environment Minister Penny Sharpe and Ministers suggested below…

Ask them to support immediate adoption of The Forest Bridge proposal and include this map

Here are some suggested inclusions for your letters/emails…

Reasons being:

It is necessary for long term survival of Koalas and helps mitigate against efforts of climate change, catastrophic events such as heat stress, fire, drought and recruitment and movement of animals between the Assets of Intergenerational Significance by connecting Bongil Bongil and Bindarri National Park.
It connects a significant ecological corridor from escarpment to the coast there are few areas left that do this and it is on public land.
The Koala issue is not going to go away. How can the government expect private land holders to protect Koala habitat while public land habitat is still being logged?
The biggest threat to Koalas is loss or modification of habitat and logging does both these things.
Koalas need diversity and logging has reduced this to a level where populations will no longer be able to survive long term. This could well be the reason private land is becoming more suitable for Koalas- it is not being subjected to the shameful level of loss of species diversity as state forest logging causes.
Research shows that logging is drying out the moist wet sclerophyll forests and creates an even greater fire risk, we need to start reversing this now.
The public forests are a natural resource that belongs to the people, why is the timber industry the driving force in their management when the majority of people want to see more habitat protection.
Australia leads the world in mammal extinctions yet continues to lose millions of hectares of habitat every year. (7 million in 2020)
Latest Australian Koala foundation data shows NSW leads Australia in Koala decline (41% since 2018) the situation is dire.
Australian Koala foundation shows our region (Cowper) has the largest Koala population in NSW but is in decline. It makes sense to protect as much habitat here while we still have a chance.
The NSW State Government supports the creation of The Great Koala National Park
This area did not burn in 2019 bushfires, and it is essential to protect these unburnt areas to help populations recover and disperse back into burnt areas.
Australia is participating in (Cop 15) a UN initiative to protect 30% of the world’s biodiversity – the forests of the north coast are amongst the most biodiverse in the world and should be protected. They are a more valuable resource protected than a timber industry resource.
Australia has signed an agreement to “halt and reverse” deforestation and land degradation by 2030 at COP 26.
Australia is a rich nation and has no need to destroy our environment.
We are the continent of marsupials and have an obligation to ensure their future.