NSW landowners cleared land equivalent to almost twice the size of the Australian Capital Territory over the five years to 2023.
NSW is a global hotspot for deforestation, with the latest government figures showing landowners cleared land equivalent to almost twice the size of the Australian Capital Territory over the five years to 2023.
Australian Conservation Foundation campaigner Nathaniel Pelle said the current rate of forest loss in NSW was only rivalled by Queensland among the states and territories. “It’s even more concerning because of the amount of historic clearing that has already occurred in NSW,” he said.in August 2024 found since European colonisation, 29 million hectares, or 54 per cent, of the forests and woodlands that once existed in NSW had been destroyed. A further 9 million hectares had been degraded.
“Europe has been historically cleared, Canada has been historically cleared, the US and Australia have been historically cleared, but what separates us from them is that we’re still doing it,” Pelle said.“We have already lost more than half of our forest in Australia, and that means we have a substantial amount of forest left as well, but most wealthy countries have put a stop to any ongoing clearing and are really working hard to protect and keep forest standing.
Protecting forests as carbon sinks is also essential to halt global warming, and Australia is a signatory to the Glasgow Leaders Declaration on Forests and Land Use, a global commitment to end deforestation and land degradation., which accounted for 12,283 hectares. Infrastructure was next with 5509 hectares, followed by native forestry with 3339 hectares.
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