Overview

• The prosecution follows a two-year EPA investigation into alleged breaches of coastal integrated logging rules, the Forestry Act and the Biodiversity Conservation Act.
• Regulators allege that from August 2021 to January 2024, operations across seven areas failed to properly identify and safeguard southern greater glider habitat, including den trees and required hollow-bearing replacements.
• A dead greater glider found about 50 metres from harvesting in August 2023 prompted the EPA to issue an immediate stop‑work order at Tallaganda State Forest.
• WWF Australia, Wilderness Australia and South East Forest Rescue say the charges should be the final straw for native forest logging in NSW and have urged the abolition of the Forestry Corporation.
• Forestry Corporation NSW declined to comment while the matter is before the court, has more than a dozen prior environmental convictions on record, and previously told investigators it searched for the nocturnal species during daytime.