NSW group launches court bid to stop logging in bushfire-ravaged koala habitats

The black summer bushfires of 2019-20 reduced the koala population in the NSW north coast area by more than 70%, enivronmentalists say. Photograph: John White Photos/Getty Images

A New South Wales conservation group has launched a court bid to stop logging in two state forests, arguing allowing it would devastate local koala populations that have already been ravaged by bushfire.

The North East Forest Alliance said if granted it would be first time a community group in the state had won an injunction to stop logging in more than 20 years.