Industrial logging of native forests here in NSW is continuing despite our community’s demand for forests to be protected.

You have the opportunity to come together in-person with other volunteers from across Sydney so that you can write an effective letter to your local state MP to demand their urgent action.

Why now? Early in this term of state parliament, MPs from all parties need to represent their community’s voices while they are determining their political agenda for this term. Additionally, the Forestry Corporation of NSW could log more than 30,000 hectares of state forests within the proposed Great Koala National Park while planning for the park is under way—unless the NSW government acts urgently to suspend logging in these areas. 

With any others living in your electorate, you will co-write a structured letter to demonstrate your community’s support for the protection of NSW native forests and strong community rights in environmental decision-making. The aim is to successfully secure a meeting with your parliamentary representative to voice your concern and discuss their position. During the past 9 months, volunteers like you have written letters with coaching support so that they were effectively able to influence their federal MP. We can do it again now at the state level.

RSVP on the top right corner of this page!

What: Action to demand that our forests be protected

When: Monday, 17 July 2023, 6-8pm

Where: The Commons Central, 20-40 Meagher St, Chippendale NSW 2008

Bring: laptop/tablet, charger, keenness to create change

Provided: complementary food and drinks

Getting there: public transport to Redfern Station (with a 9 minute walk) or Central Station (with a 12 minute walk) is recommended. Ticketed street parking is available also.

Accessibility: ramp & lifts are available. Please advise the convenors of accessibility needs or dietary requirements.

Taking action together with others is more fun than creating change on your own. By the end of our time together, you will have:

• received an update on the new opportunities in the CRED and NSW Forests campaign
• co-written an effective letter to your local NSW MP with others in your electorate
• learned how to write and share a mini-personal narrative describing why you care about forest protection and community rights
• connected with other like-minded members of Sydney community
• learned how you can use the Wilderness Society’s Watch on Nature web app to expose the destruction of forests within the boundary of the Great Koala National Park
• Heard about next steps you can take for the campaign

“I feel motivated and excited to take my new skills to encourage more people to join” Tahlia-Rose, after a recent Wilderness Society event in Sydney.

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The Victorian government’s announcement that it will end native forest logging at the end of 2023 has shown that a near-term end to native forest logging is possible. When communities have a real say in decisions we get better outcomes for nature and people.

Let’s now demand stop the chop for NSW forest logging!