Logging in koala habitat did 'actual harm'

The Forestry Corporation of NSW was fined for damaging koala habitat on the state's north coast. (AAP)

The Forestry Corporation of NSW has been hit with $285,000 in fines and costs after a court found logging in the mid-north coast damaged koala habitat.

The Land and Environment Court found the felling of trees, including in a koala exclusion zone, by the state-owned corporation caused "actual harm" to the habitat of the native animals in a state forest west of Coffs Harbour.