Continued logging of NSW koala habitat is ‘a profound tragedy’, conservationist says

Logging at Sheas Nob on the mid-north coast of NSW. Conservationists have criticised the state government over logging in the proposed Great Koala national park and other koala habitats. Photograph: Mark Graham

Longtime forest advocates have expressed disgust at the ongoing logging of koala habitat in northern New South Wales despite promises the state government would protect the species, with one seasoned campaigner calling the destruction a “profound tragedy”.

In September last year, the Minns government ordered a halt to logging operations in certain high-value koala habitat – known as “koala hubs” – in the proposed Great Koala national park.