End Native Forest Logging in NSW

End Native Forest Logging in NSW

Send my email

Take action to save our forests

The NSW Government is currently considering the future of the forest industry. This is our once-in-a-generation chance to finally end native forest logging and transition to a sustainable, plantation-based timber industry.

The case for change is undeniable:

  • Ending this industry would save 3.6 million tonnes of CO2 every year and protect the 50+ threatened species that call these forests home.
  • Native forest logging has cost taxpayers over $90 million since 2020, while plantations remain profitable.
  • 91% of NSW timber already comes from plantations. We don't need to log native forests to build our homes.

Please take five minutes to write to your local MP. Writing to your MP in your own voice is one of the most powerful actions you can take. When MPs hear directly from their constituents, it shapes the decisions they make.

Take action to save our forests

The NSW Government is currently considering the future of the forest industry. This is our once-in-a-generation chance to finally end native forest logging and transition to a sustainable, plantation-based timber industry.

The case for change is undeniable:

  • Ending this industry would save 3.6 million tonnes of CO2 every year and protect the 50+ threatened species that call these forests home.
  • Native forest logging has cost taxpayers over $90 million since 2020, while plantations remain profitable.
  • 91% of NSW timber already comes from plantations. We don't need to log native forests to build our homes.

Please take five minutes to write to your local MP. Writing to your MP in your own voice is one of the most powerful actions you can take. When MPs hear directly from their constituents, it shapes the decisions they make.

Tell your MP: it’s time to end native forest logging in NSW

Compose your email

Email Tips +

The most powerful messages are short, personal, and clearly from a local voter.

Here’s what to include:

  • Clearly state that you are a local constituent
  • Briefly introduce yourself - who you are, what you do, and where you live
  • Explain, in your own words, why protecting our forests from logging is important to you.
  • Tell them that this issue will influence how you vote (and preference) 

You also may wish to mention:

  • Native forest logging has lost more than $90 million since 2020, while plantation forestry generates over $22 million in revenue each year.
  • Plantations already supply 91% of NSw’s timber and 95% of timber used in home construction 
  • Ending native forest logging has strong public support across NSW, including in regional communities. I encourage you to reflect the clear views of your constituents as the government considers the future of the industry.
  • Forestry Corporation has been fined more than $2 million since 2020 for illegal logging. Taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for a loss-making industry with a record of unlawful logging.
  • Victoria and Western Australia have already ended native forest logging.
  • The NSW Government is showing how this transition can work as it prepares to legislate the establishment of the Great Koala National Park, supporting both nature protection and workers.
  • With Wood Supply Agreements expiring in 2028, and new federal environmental laws coming into effect that will further restrict which forests can be logged, now is the time to make this transition.

See this briefing paper for further facts and figures on native forest logging.


How we use the data you enter on this form

Do Gooder (the advocacy platform powering this online action) processes personal information from you that you enter on this form so that we can provide the functions and related services to you and The Campaigner (the organisation responsible for this online action) for their legitimate purposes, including possibly exporting it to other systems, and to effectively respond to enquiries and communications related to those services.

Specifically when you enter:

  • Your location data (residential address or postcode) it is used to locate your elected representative, to pre-populate your email signature and to provide The Campaigner with a visualisation of the location of the support for this campaign.

  • All other data you may enter, including your email address, name, telephone number, commentary and so on is used by The Campaigner to advocate for the campaign’s goals and where required may be sent to the target of the campaign.

The data collected by Do Gooder is also used by us in aggregate form to improve the service and may be held on your behalf outside your country of residence by our third party service providers. These providers are bound by contract to only use personal information on our behalf, in accordance with agreed terms. While the privacy laws of the country in which personal information is stored or transferred may be different from those in your country, we will always have safeguards in place when storing or transferring personal information. We will never sell, rent, loan or in any other way pass your information on to other parties other than to provide this service to you and The Campaigner.

The personal information collected by Do Gooder is held subject to a Data Processing Agreement between Do Gooder and The Campaigner in compliance with the EU's GDPR and Australian law.

Learn more about our privacy policy here

How is my data used?