Nature NSW

Citizen scientists are spotting more and more rare frogs on private land Threatened frogs aren’t just found in national parks – citizen scientists are finding them throughout private land too.

We love citizen science! The Australian Museum's FrogID project is testament to the power of community in environmental monitoring. In just 7 years 92% of frog species were recorded by citizen science in NSW. 🐸

Read more ➡️ theconversation.com/citizen-scie...

In the face of the AI boom and rapid data centre development, new data centre developments need to be environmentally responsible, transparent, and truly benefit the community. 🌱🔋 🤝

Read the 8 Public Interest Principles for Data Centres: bit.ly/4rKj9Xz

Protect Big Spotty’s Forest Since 1955 the Nature Conservation Council has been the voice for nature in NSW. We advocate and campaign to protect nature and for a safe climate.

Big Spotty is the tallest Spotted Gum on earth, yet the Brooman State Forest is due to be logged in 3 months time.

Help us protect this 71m tall icon permanently by declaring the Big Spotty Flora Reserve before the chainsaws arrive.

Sign the petition: www.nature.org.au/protect_big_...

NEW REPORT: Future Proofing NSW Small to Medium Sized Industry: A Decarbonisation Roadmap. Small to medium manufacturing sector can reduce gas consumption by 75% by 2050 with the right policy support, future-proofing industry and helping to tackle climate change.
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Murray-Darling Basin stoush looms over more water buybacks More water rights in the Murray-Darling Basin will be purchased from farmers and irrigators in a renewed push by the federal government to return 450 gigalitres of water to the environment.

Minister Watt has flagged that the federal government is considering purchasing water from the northern part of the basin for the first time. However, unless NSW water rules provide enough basic flows at the right time, that water won't get far.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

NEWS: Minns Government Fast Tracks Destruction as Planning Bill Passes

NSW is facing an extinction crisis and worsening climate disasters, yet the government’s response is to make it easier to destroy nature faster.

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Minns admits mining and power projects can be fast-tracked under contentious NSW approval laws Premier has been spruiking to business how changes will facilitate investment in major projects in NSW

Looks like the only ones consulted about the Minns Government's new planning laws were the miners and the developer's lobby.

The laws look set to pass next time Parliament sits – a gift to big business just in time for Christmas.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The not-so-little Murray cod that could: fish tracked swimming 900km along Australia’s biggest river system Fish named after Olympic swimming champion Ariarne Titmus was most recently tracked at a section of the mid-Murray, near Belsar Island

Check out this Murray Cod's mighty marathon!

Like Golden Perch, Murray-Cod need to be able to swim hundreds of kms as they seek new breeding territory and food sources. Unfortunately, humans have made that very hard by building thousands of dams and weirs.

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Webinar: Stop the next Mudgee coal expansion - Submissions due 30 October! Since 1955 the Nature Conservation Council has been the voice for nature in NSW. We advocate and campaign to protect nature and for a safe climate.

WEBINAR: Stop the next Mudgee coal expansion - Wilpinjong Coal Submission Writing Webinar

📆 When: Monday 27th October, 6:30-7:30pm

Learn how to write a submission step by step, and hear about the next steps for stopping coal expansion in Mudgee.

www.nature.org.au/stop_the_nex...

Climate groups and the Stop the Bill Shock coalition protest Origin Energy $1.4 billion profit windfall Since 1955 the Nature Conservation Council has been the voice for nature in NSW. We advocate and campaign to protect nature and for a safe climate.

MEDIA RELEASE: Climate groups and the Stop the Bill Shock coalition protest Origin Energy $1.4 billion profit windfall

Read: www.nature.org.au/stop_the_bil...

Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.

"There are no platypus in that section of the Cox's now because it is heavily polluted with salt and other metal pollutants" – Professor Ian Wright

Amazing work from the Gardens of Stone Alliance for exposing coal mining impacts. Let's Rise Against Coal!

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Sustainable Timber Solutions: A Parliamentary Showcase We invite you to an evening to explore existing alternatives, showcasing structural bamboo, hemp and engineered wood products (EWPs).

Join Forest Alliance NSW and WWF-Australia next week for an evening exploring the future of timber in New South Wales and showcasing structural bamboo, hemp, and engineered wood products (EWPs).

📅 Tuesday 14th October, 7-9pm
📍 NSW Parliament House

RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/sustainable-...

Fast-tracking destruction: NSW’s planning overhaul explained Since 1955 the Nature Conservation Council has been the voice for nature in NSW. We advocate and campaign to protect nature and for a safe climate.

EVENT: Fast-tracking destruction: NSW’s planning overhaul explained | Tuesday 7th October 5-6pm

www.nature.org.au/planning_ove...

Nature groups blindsided by sweeping changes to environment laws Since 1955 the Nature Conservation Council has been the voice for nature in NSW. We advocate and campaign to protect nature and for a safe climate.

MEDIA RELEASE: Nature groups blindsided by sweeping changes to environment laws

“These extreme changes to our environmental protection laws would strip away environmental scrutiny, making it easier for damaging developments to slip through”

www.nature.org.au/nature_group...

A new record! Rooftop solar pushed renewables to a 77.9% share of the national grid over the weekend.🌞

reneweconomy.com.au/australias-m...

Redbank biomass plans go up in smoke: IPC rejects proposal Since 1955 the Nature Conservation Council has been the voice for nature in NSW. We advocate and campaign to protect nature and for a safe climate.

ICYMI: The IPC has rejected Verdant Earth Technologies' Redbank biomass proposal, citing adverse environmental impacts

www.nature.org.au/redbank_biom...

Sydney’s west on frontline for most extreme heat and biggest health risks – but inner city faces water threat Western suburbs, where temperatures are often 5C warmer, need shaded bus stops, more green space and better environmental standards in rented homes, locals say

“People talk about what impacts them – and here, that’s heatwaves, flooding and bushfires" - Bud Moses, NCC's Western Sydney Organiser in The Guardian today.

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“The owners of Redbank have been trying to get this old clunker of a power station back up and running for years. In 2021, the local community and Singleton Council said no, and the environment movement said no,” NCC Policy and Advocacy Director, Dr Brad Smith said.

Energy company Verdant Earth Technologies plans to use the long-mothballed Redbank Power Station near Singleton to burn native vegetation to produce energy. Up to 850,000 tonnes of biomass would be burnt each year - material that will be sourced from land clearing and potentially native forests.

At today’s Independent Planning Commission public meeting, the Nature Conservation Council of NSW will call out the application to restart Redbank Power Station as a biomass-fueled generation facility for what it is: a harmful distraction from our transition to a clean energy future.

Prominent ecologists and climate scientists set to expose Redbank at today's Independent Planning Commission meeting For over 65 years the Nature Conservation Council has been the voice for nature in NSW. We advocate and campaign to protect nature and for a safe climate.

NEWS: Prominent ecologists and climate scientists set to expose Redbank at today's Independent Planning Commission meeting

Read in full: www.nature.org.au/prominent_ec...

Only 2% of wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin that could be inundated with environmental water controlled by the Federal Government actually receive water each year.

Bird that flies 10,000km each year to Australia listed as endangered The estimated population of the black-tailed godwit has declined as much as 77.5 per cent in 23 years, with fears for its survival in the near future.

If you flew 10,000km you would want to be arriving at place that felt like home. However, disappearing precious wetland ecosystems mean amazing waterbirds like the black-tailed godwit face extinction.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Protect NSW from toxic pesticides For over 65 years the Nature Conservation Council has been the voice for nature in NSW. We advocate and campaign to protect nature and for a safe climate.

Did you know that pesticides don’t just settle on produce? They often go on to contaminate our soils, rivers, drinking water, and wetlands. They’re threatening the safety of our health and our environment.

Sign the petition to protect NSW from toxic pesticides www.nature.org.au/protect_nsw_...

Australians could cut power bills by 90% if they made their homes more energy efficient, report finds Debate on how to generate energy ‘important but misses the point’, analyst says, when you can get such savings by using solar, batteries and efficient appliances

⚡️🔋 A new IEEFA report has found "potential savings of between 82% and 94% if households installed solar and a home battery and used efficient appliances"

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Rise Against Coal: Sydney's Crisis - Blue Mountains Community Meeting Get tickets on Humanitix - Rise Against Coal: Sydney's Crisis - Blue Mountains Community Meeting. Katoomba Leura Community Centre, 81-83 Katoomba St, Katoomba NSW 2780, Australia. Saturday 9th August ...

Rise Against Coal: Blue Mountains Community Action Festival | Sat 8th August

The Gardens of Stone Alliance + Young Nerve records are hosting a community meeting and concert to push back against coal pollution impacting Sydney’s drinking water catchment.

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70 is the age to be!! NCC officially joined the septuagenarian club yesterday. On July 2nd 1955 we were founded in Phillip St, Sydney. 🎂

Free webinar: Unpacking the NSW State of the Environment report | Tuesday 8th July, 1pm

Join Darcy Welsh (NSW EPA), Jeff Angel (Total Environment Centre), George Woods (Lock the Gate) and Jacqui Mumford (NCC) for their analysis of the latest SoE report.

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“This report confirms what we already know...Nature in NSW is in deep trouble and those in power are failing to turn this alarming trajectory around...until the developers, irrigators, and logging companies are kicked out of government back-rooms, nothing will change." - NCC CEO Jacqui Mumford

Alarmingly, the fastest growing segment of threatened animals is those which are critically endangered, which grew by 35 species over the same period. This is a stark indicator of the worsening biodiversity crisis, and shows current settings to protect endangered species are not working.