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South Coast Islands New South Wales reprint

Posted by on in Autumn 2024Leave a comment

The sold-out book on the islands of the South Coast of NSW has supported NPA’s marine campaign and is now available again.

By author Helen Moody

One Sunday in 2018 a group of walkers from the National Parks Association Milton Branch stopped at the Wasp Head lookout in Murramarang National Park. Questions were asked about the two islands we could see – what they were called, who named them, why they were nature reserves. These questions had been raised each time we had walked here, so this time I decided to do a little bit of research to find some answers. Little did I know then that the ‘little bit of research’ would become a five year project – leading walks and paddles past 61 islands; writing and self-publishing a book about the islands; selling out the book in five weeks; and finding a publisher who is now marketing a second print run of the book.

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Snowy 2.0 vandalism of Kosciuszko National Park continues 

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The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has again issued a $15,000 fine to Snowy Hydro Limited contractor WeBuild S.P.A, this time in relation to construction works near the Wallaces Creek Bridge at Lobs Hole. At the same time, Snowy Hydro has been issued a $300,000 enforceable undertaking for creating a surface depression in Kosciuszko National Park while tunnelling. 

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Falling short: can NSW meet 30by30 target for marine waters?

Posted by on in Summer 2023Leave a comment

David Booth, Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Technology, Sydney 

Our report “Creating a World Class Marine Protected Area System: Getting New South Wales Back on Track” was launched in NSW Parliament last week amid bipartisan support and wide community interest.  It highlighted the current science behind a marine 30 x 30 push for NSW, why no-take Sanctuaries are vital, why NSW has dropped behind, and what should be done next.  You can download the Booth Report here.  

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Some good news for the Great Koala National Park: Koala Hubs protected from logging, well sort of…

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James Sherwood, Conservation Campaigner

On September 11, the Minister for the Environment announced the suspension of logging operations from Koala Hubs within the proposed area of the Great Koala National Park. The hubs cover about 5% of the 176,000 hectares that will be assessed in the creation of the park. Koala Hubs are critical multi-generational resident koala populations and their habitats and 42% of the recorded koala sightings in state forests have occurred in them since 2000.

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