Monthly Archives: January 2022
Review of Koala Habitat Significance of Bodalla State Forest 2021 – Eurobodalla Koala Project
This review argues that Bodalla State Forest, where a sighting was reported in October 2021, must be a priority focus for any Eurobodalla-wide koala population revival. Coastwatchers volunteer group Eurobodalla Koalas reviewed the koala habitat significance of Bodalla State Forest, … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Koala Project, Publications
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Coastwatchers submission: Draft NSW Mainland Marine Park Network Management Plan 2021-2031; January 21st 2022
This submission was uploaded to the yoursay.marine.nsw.gov.au/stage 1 website on January 21st 2022.
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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