Ask your MP what they are doing to stop land clearing

Ask your MP what they are doing to stop land clearing

Send my email
image of Ask your MP what they are doing to stop land clearing

Land clearing remains one of the biggest threats to biodiversity across the state with more than 180,000 hectares of trees cleared between 2018 to 2023 – the majority for agriculture. 

When land is cleared, our native Australian vegetation, and the habitat it provides for wildlife, is lost. Once these ecosystems are destroyed, they can take decades or even centuries to recover, and many never fully return to their original ecological condition. Protecting existing native habitat is therefore one of the most effective and immediate ways to safeguard biodiversity, support threatened species, and maintain healthy ecosystems for future generations. 

Urgent action is needed to strengthen legal protections for nature against competing interests of development, agriculture and forestry.   

Will you please write to your local MP and ask them what they are doing to stop land clearing?  

We know that unique messages are the most impactful. 

 1. Tell your local member about yourself – who you are, where you are from, who you represent and why nature is important to you.

 2. Ask your local member what they are doing to strengthen nature laws and stop land clearing. You may like to raise the following points: 

  • Before the 2023 election, the Labor Government made a commitment to stop excess land clearing, but have not yetdelivered this promise. 
  • In NSW more than 66,000 hectares of native vegetation was cleared in 2023 alone (an area 12 times the size of Sydney Harbour!).
  • Current nature laws have too many loopholes and are failing to protect nature – we need laws that have more power than competing industries. 
  • Agriculture is the biggest driver of habitat loss. The rules set by Local Land Services are out of touch with community expectations and allow too much native vegetation to be cleared, with little oversight.
  • Since the NSW Local Land Services vegetation clearing codes were introduced in 2018 more than 110,000 hectares of native trees have been cleared for agriculture.  
TIPS: 
  • Be sure to be polite – politicians and their staff will disregard rude emails.
  • Ask your politician to meet with you – we’d love to know if you hear from them! 

Land clearing remains one of the biggest threats to biodiversity across the state with more than 180,000 hectares of trees cleared between 2018 to 2023 – the majority for agriculture. 

When land is cleared, our native Australian vegetation, and the habitat it provides for wildlife, is lost. Once these ecosystems are destroyed, they can take decades or even centuries to recover, and many never fully return to their original ecological condition. Protecting existing native habitat is therefore one of the most effective and immediate ways to safeguard biodiversity, support threatened species, and maintain healthy ecosystems for future generations. 

Urgent action is needed to strengthen legal protections for nature against competing interests of development, agriculture and forestry.   

Will you please write to your local MP and ask them what they are doing to stop land clearing?  

We know that unique messages are the most impactful. 

 1. Tell your local member about yourself – who you are, where you are from, who you represent and why nature is important to you.

 2. Ask your local member what they are doing to strengthen nature laws and stop land clearing. You may like to raise the following points: 

  • Before the 2023 election, the Labor Government made a commitment to stop excess land clearing, but have not yetdelivered this promise. 
  • In NSW more than 66,000 hectares of native vegetation was cleared in 2023 alone (an area 12 times the size of Sydney Harbour!).
  • Current nature laws have too many loopholes and are failing to protect nature – we need laws that have more power than competing industries. 
  • Agriculture is the biggest driver of habitat loss. The rules set by Local Land Services are out of touch with community expectations and allow too much native vegetation to be cleared, with little oversight.
  • Since the NSW Local Land Services vegetation clearing codes were introduced in 2018 more than 110,000 hectares of native trees have been cleared for agriculture.  
TIPS: 
  • Be sure to be polite – politicians and their staff will disregard rude emails.
  • Ask your politician to meet with you – we’d love to know if you hear from them! 

Contact your local MP

Compose your email

Email Tips +

  1. Tell your local member about yourself – who you are, where you are from, who you represent, why nature is important to you.

  2. Ask your local member what they are doing to strengthen nature laws and stop land clearing. You may like to raise the following points: 

  • This week hundreds of unique postcards were presented to Premier Chris Minns and Environment Minister Penny Sharpe calling for stronger nature protections in NSW and an end to excessive land clearing.  

  • Before the 2023 election, the Labor Government made a commitment to stop excess land clearing, but have not delivered this promise yet.  

  • Current nature laws have too many loopholes and are failing to protect nature – we need laws that have more power than competing industries. 

  • In NSW more than 66,000 hectares of native vegetation (an area 12 times the size of Sydney Harbour!) was cleared in 2023.  

  • Since the NSW Local Land Services vegetation clearing codes were introduced in 2018 more than 111,000 hectares of native trees have been cleared for agriculture.  

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?