Forests in New South Wales are continuing to be cleared to a point that some could become net carbon emitters in coming decades, according to a report released in December by the New South Wales’ Natural Resource Commission.
The Commission has warned the Perrottet government the benefits the state’s forests provide are degrading and without “major intervention” they will continue to degrade.
The report urges the government to avoid “business-as-usual management approaches and reactive policy decision making,” saying this would lead to “sub-optimal outcomes at best, or ecosystem and industry collapse under worst case scenarios.”
