NSW prosecutions for land-clearing fall from 10 to two, report card shows

Exclusive: Figures released after eight-month FOI battle by the Guardian shows clearing spiked sharply in 2015-16

Only two prosecutions for illegal land-clearing were launched in New South Wales in 2015-16, down from 10 the previous year, the long-awaited report card on the state of land-clearing shows.

However, the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) appears to have had more success with cases already under way the year before, with four convictions secured, up from just one in 2014-15.