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8 06, 2019

End public native forest logging

2019-06-21T09:34:04+10:00June 8th, 2019|Campaigns|

NVCA is campaigning for an end to the logging of public native forests and a transition to a 100% plantation-based NSW timber industry. We stand strong with other regional and state wide forest conservation groups on this position in light of the failed Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs).  These RFAs promised to deliver a Comprehensive, ...

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8 06, 2019

The Great Koala National Park

2019-06-21T09:34:04+10:00June 8th, 2019|Campaigns|

NVCA supports the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) proposal and is represented on the local GKNP Steering Committee. The GKNP has been proposed by the NSW National Parks Association (NPA), a non-government community conservation organisation.  The GKNP proposal was released in 2015 by the NPA and proposes the addition of 175,000 ha of public ...

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8 06, 2019

Local Government

2019-06-21T09:34:04+10:00June 8th, 2019|Campaigns|

NVCA has long held concerns about Nambucca Shire Council's (NSC) over-reliance on chemicals, namely glyphosate products, for roadside vegetation management, especially in close proximity to watercourses and drainage lines (see image above).  We have made our concerns clear to Councillors and staff and are willing to work with Council to improve the health of ...

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2 06, 2019

Mining in the Nambucca Valley

2019-06-21T09:34:04+10:00June 2nd, 2019|Campaigns|

NVCA supports the local community group Lock the Nambucca Valley, which monitors existing mining exploration licences within the valley and keeps a lookout for any new mining exploration licence applications.  After a two year campaign, LNV was successful in deterring unwelcome metallic minerals mining exploration in the headwaters of the Nambucca catchment in 2014.  ...

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