The Forest Alliance NSW has welcomed the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA’s) decision today to prosecute Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) for 29 charges. The charges related to illegally logging of critical Greater Glider habitat in Tallaganda State Forest on the NSW South Coast.
The EPA alleges these actions contravened conditions of the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (CIFOA), the Forestry Act 2012, and the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
Scott Daines, spokesperson for South East Forest Rescue said, “The forest blockade by South East Forest Rescue of one of the logging operations in Tallaganda in August 2023 sparked a massive chain of events.
“This included multiple Stop Work Orders for Tallaganda and Flat Rock forestry operations, as well as Forestry Corporation admitting they have been looking for nocturnal animals during the day.
“This prosecution by the EPA is the latest ripple to crash upon Forestry Corporation following our blockade. While we are pleased the EPA is prosecuting, we are sure there are many other breaches that Forestry Corporation will get away with. Endangered Greater Gliders are still being killed by logging across the state,” Mr Daines said.
