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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Lisa Cox

More than 40,000 hectares of nationally vital koala habitat marked for potential logging in NSW

A koala sleeping in a tree
Conservationists continue to call for the NSW government to end native logging and protect nationally important koala habitats. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Conservationists say forest areas that include 41,000 hectares of nationally important koala habitat have been identified for potential logging on the north coast of New South Wales in the region’s 12-month logging plan.

The analysis, by the North East Forest Alliance, comes as pressure grows on the NSW government to cease logging of native forests after the Victorian government announced logging in its native forests would end in December, six years earlier than planned.

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