Failed logging agreement to be extended

February 11, 2017
Issue 

Environment groups have raised concerns about the Victorian and federal governments’ decision to extend the East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement (RFA). 

The RFA is a 20-year agreement between state and federal governments that exempts logging from compliance with federal environment law if the state implements measures to protect federally-listed threatened species. 

Goongerah Environment Centre spokesperson Ed Hill said: “Since the RFA was signed 20 years ago, federally-listed threatened species have dramatically declined.

"Extending the agreement will be the death knell for these animals whose forest habitat has been decimated by 20 years of legally exempt clear fell logging.”

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