NSW group launches court bid to stop logging in bushfire-ravaged koala habitats
by Adam Morton and Australian Associated Press from on (#6DDTQ)
North East Forest Alliance say its surveys confirm populations of endangered species in state forests on north coast marked for logging
A NSW conservation group has launched a court bid to stop logging in two state forests, arguing allowing it would devastate local koala populations that have already been ravaged by bushfire.
The North East Forest Alliance said if granted it would be first time a community group in the state had won an injunction to stop logging in more than 20 years.
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