The nest was discovered within 20 metres of bulldozers last month.

Bob Brown Foundation manager Jenny Weber said urgent policy reform was required to “prevent Forestry Tasmania’s freedom to destroy habitat of species that are on the brink of extinction,” she said. 

The Bob Brown Foundation has called on Forestry Minister Peter Gutwein to clarify whether logging would have proceeded if the eagle nest had been identified earlier.

Mr Gutwein has been contacted for comment.