WE ALL NEED TREES
Our wildlife, climate and communities – we all need trees. Add your voice and join us in calling for an end to native forest logging, for good.
BREAKING NEWS: Your once-in-a-generation chance to protect our native forests.
Australia’s native forests are some of the most unique and valuable places on Earth. They shelter wildlife found nowhere else, store carbon, cool our communities, protect water and hold deep cultural meaning for First Nations peoples.
But right now, native forests are still being logged. Once lost, they are gone forever.
Across Australia, decisions are being made that could shape the future of our forests for generations. By adding your voice, you can help show decision-makers that Australians want native forests protected and that these forests are worth more standing.
Worth more standing – protect Australian native forests
We all need trees – to breathe, to belong, to survive. They clean our air, cool our towns, store carbon, protect water and give wildlife a place to feed, shelter and raise their young.
But across Australia, these native trees and the life they support are under threat. Forests that took decades, sometimes centuries, to grow are being lost faster than wildlife and communities can recover.
These forests are worth more standing. They are homes for koalas, greater gliders, glossy black-cockatoos and owls. They are living places of culture, memory and connection. They are part of the climate solution, and part of the future we want for our children.
WWF-Australia is working with First Nations peoples, communities, scientists, Governments and supporters like you to protect native forests. You can help end native forest logging and help Australia become a reforestation nation.
Your voice matters
When you add your voice, you join thousands of people calling on leaders to keep native trees standing.
Sign the petition today
WE ALL NEED TREES
Our wildlife, climate and communities – we all need trees. Add your voice and join us in calling for an end to native forest logging, for good.
BREAKING NEWS: Your once-in-a-generation chance to protect our native forests.
Australia’s native forests are some of the most unique and valuable places on Earth. They shelter wildlife found nowhere else, store carbon, cool our communities, protect water and hold deep cultural meaning for First Nations peoples.
But right now, native forests are still being logged. Once lost, they are gone forever.
Across Australia, decisions are being made that could shape the future of our forests for generations. By adding your voice, you can help show decision-makers that Australians want native forests protected and that these forests are worth more standing.
Worth more standing – protect Australian native forests
We all need trees – to breathe, to belong, to survive. They clean our air, cool our towns, store carbon, protect water and give wildlife a place to feed, shelter and raise their young.
But across Australia, these native trees and the life they support are under threat. Forests that took decades, sometimes centuries, to grow are being lost faster than wildlife and communities can recover.
These forests are worth more standing. They are homes for koalas, greater gliders, glossy black-cockatoos and owls. They are living places of culture, memory and connection. They are part of the climate solution, and part of the future we want for our children.
WWF-Australia is working with First Nations peoples, communities, scientists, Governments and supporters like you to protect native forests. You can help end native forest logging and help Australia become a reforestation nation.
Your voice matters
When you add your voice, you join thousands of people calling on leaders to keep native trees standing.
Sign the petition today
What we’re calling for:
Sign the petition to end native forest logging in Australia – for communities, climate and wildlife.
Key Stats
Native forest logging is pushing species towards extinction, releasing emissions, and costing taxpayers millions of dollars a year.A football field logged every two minutes
Every two minutes, an area of forest the size of a football field is logged in Australia, releasing carbon and destroying vital habitat for Australian species.
50% of logs end up as woodchips
An average of 50% of NSW native forest logs are being exported as woodchips.
20 trees bulldozed every minute in NSW
20 trees are bulldozed every minute in NSW, destroying species homes.
60% is burned, wasted, or turned into pulp
More than 60% of what’s harvested from native forest logging is either burned, wasted, or turned into pulp.
Native forest logging in NSW is costing taxpayers
NSW’s native forest logging is draining public funds through direct financial losses for the Forestry Corporation, environmental damage, and increased risks associated with bushfires and flooding.
69% of Australians support an end to native forest loging
69% of Australians support an end to native forest logging on public land across Australia.
Introducing Wildlife Wipe:
Australia’s softest toilet paper with the harshest truth.
🌲Made from logged NSW Native Forests 🌏 Not recycled ❌Not a real product, but the fact that our forests are being pulped for toilet paper is very real.
Did you know that an average of 50% of the wood harvested from NSW native forests ends up as low-value woodchips, which then gets exported to produce disposable products like toilet paper and box liners?
Being logged to become toilet paper is a devastating trade-off for ecosystems that took centuries to grow.
That’s why it’s important to end native forest logging and help support our iconic wildlife.
Find out more about what happens to our native forests then they’re logged.
Impact Spotlight: Tallaganda State Forest
After the 2019-20 bushfires decimated their habitat, we helped design and install specialised nest boxes to help greater gliders find shelter in their changed forests.
But, in 2023, we discovered NSW Forestry Corporation were logging in Tallaganda State Forest, dangerously close to the nest box sites. Soon after, the body of a dead greater glider was found.
Thanks to your support and with help from our partners on the ground, we were able to secure a Stop Work Order and halt the destruction – for now.
Why is Australia cutting down trees?
Australia is a world-leader when it comes to deforestation – something we’re not proud of.
But why is this happening? And what is the wood being used for?
Hint: it’s not used to build houses, or even furniture. The answer will shock you.
Our Mission Towards Two Billion Trees
By stopping excessive tree-clearing, protecting our existing trees and forests, and restoring native habitat that’s been lost, we’re working to save and plant Two Billion Trees by 2030. Two billion!
We know... It’s a lot. And it’s only possible with your support.
