A Pathway out of Native Forest Logging - Sydney

Event by The Australia Institute - Monday, Sep 30, 2024 - 6pm at Redfern Town Hall

19 September 2024

Sydney – Let’s talk about a pathway out of native forest logging – we can’t afford not to.

Australia has the highest rate of deforestation in the developed world, and NSW is the worst ranked state in the country for protecting & restoring trees.

That means that NSW is a rogue state for destroying the natural ecosystem that koalas and so many of our unique wildlife rely on for their survival.

We've begun to see the end of native forest logging in Australia: Western Australia and Victoria closed their native forest industries, and New South Wales should be on the same path.

However, the NSW Government continues to delay the inevitable end to an industry that is a relatively small employer, subsidised by the taxpayer, and one that causes climate change and habitat loss, and is on track to cause the extinction of some of our most precious wildlife species.

Analysis from the Forest Alliance NSW reveals that Forestry Corporation is logging areas of the proposed Great Koala National Park at a rate more than 3 times the rest of Northern NSW.

Please come to this important meeting to discuss:

"A Pathway out of Native Forest Logging"

WHEN
Monday, September 30, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm

WHERE:
Redfern Town Hall
73 Pitt St
Redfern, NSW 2016

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SPEAKERS:

Dr Sophie Scamps MP

Dr Sophie Scamps is the Independent Member of the Federal electorate of Mackellar. Sophie became the first Independent to win the Northern Beaches seat in 2022, promising a new way of doing politics, putting the community first and campaigning on a platform of climate action, integrity, health and equality. Sophie is also the sponsor of the Forest Pledge, an initiative that brings together politicians, scientists and civil society groups who want to end native forest logging throughout Australia.

Stephen Long

Stephen Long is Senior Fellow and Contributing Editor at the Australia Institute. Stephen is a highly acclaimed journalist, renowned for his forensic investigative reporting, analysis and commentary. During a long career he worked as a senior reporter on the ABC’s flagship investigative journalism program, Four Corners, as economics correspondent and national finance correspondent, filing across nearly all ABC outlets.

Vanessa Bleyer

Vanessa Bleyer is the Australia Institute spokesperson for Native Forests and the Director and Principal Lawyer at Bleyer Lawyers. She has a long history operating at the interface between our forests and the law. She was President of Lawyers for Forests Inc from 2003-2007 and returned as a committee member in 2021. She has twice been awarded the Law Institute of Victoria’s President’s Award for providing Access to Justice for our native forests and the species that depend on them. She was Chairperson of Environment Tasmania Inc from 2012 to 2015, and in 2022, she became a board member of Landcare Tasmania.

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