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We encourage members of the community to report forestry operation incidents that they suspect may be illegal or threaten the environment.

When any action is being, or is about to be carried out, that is likely to result in a contravention of forestry legislation, the EPA can issue a Stop Work Order. A Stop Work Order can prevent work from being carried out for up to 40 days.

The Minister for the Environment has directed the EPA to consider potential Coastal IFOA protocol amendments to ensure koala hubs in the provisional Great Koala National Park Assessment Area are protected from forestry operations.

NSW State Forests are sometimes lawfully closed for a range of reasons, especially safety concerns.

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Five million hectares in NSW were burnt in the 2019-20 bushfires, including more than 890,000 hectares of native State Forests. This is over 40% of the coastal and tablelands native State Forests in NSW.

We continue to advocate that FCNSW obtain site-specific operating conditions in areas recovering from the 2019–20 wildfires.

Read our research projects and publications – on koala habitat mapping and more.

We completed a 3-year program that mapped koala habitat and occupancy in NSW native forests to inform new identification methods in native forestry areas.

The baseline map of koala occurrence was developed as part of the koala mapping program and shows where koalas are likely to be found across NSW.