It's so nice to have some good news in these environmentally grim times. Last night Nambucca Shire Council adopted its draft Roadside Vegetation Management Policy which includes the establishment of a No Spray Register for organic growers and those opposed to having their roadsides sprayed with chemicals (usually glyphosate). And finally, after nine months ...
It has taken a little while to get it together, but we hope that you will find our new website a useful space to stay informed on local and regional environmental issues, campaigns, events and news. Thanks This website project was made possible by grant funding from the Lush Charity Pot program. If you ...
NSW Forestry Corporation (FC) has succeeded in having its illegal clear felling and intensive logging of public native forests legalised through the newly extended 20yr Regional Forest Agreements (between State and Federal Governments). It has also succeeded in having the already weak logging rules further weakened, to allow logging within 5m of stream sides ...
We now have the popular GKNP t-shirts available in many fabulous colours, sizes and styles (the child tees are super cute!). All proceeds go to NVCA’s campaign to protect koala habitat and promote the proposed GKNP. Ramo brand t-shirts are high quality 100% cotton and printed locally in Coffs Harbour. The pictured t-shirts are ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
