Environmental groups have called on Bunnings to extend to NSW its recent halt to sourcing native timber from Victoria's state forests, fearing supply will simply shift to the state's fire-hit forests | p_hannam
a Federal Court decision in June
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW, which represents 150 environmental groups, has written to Bunnings, saying they fear NSW's state forests could end up filling any supply shortfall. Phil Bishop, director for merchandise, said Bunnings had "a zero-tolerance approach to illegally logged timber that dates back two decades and our commitment is to only source timber products from legal and well-managed forest operations".
"NSW has a robust regulatory framework for native forest operations, the Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals , which were developed with the input of expert scientific panels to protect and maintain wildlife habitat, forest flora, water quality and biodiversity across the landscape," she said.
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