Great Koala National Park – National Parks Association of NSW

Great Koala National Park Update – March 2019

Posted by NPA NSWon March 3, 2019March 5, 2019in Autumn 2019, Great Koala National ParkLeave a comment

What’s going on?

There’s a lot of activity happening on the Coffs Coast around the Great Koala National Park! Right now, ads are running in cinemas in both Sawtell and Nambucca highlighting the benefits that the GKNP would bring to the local area in regards sustainable, nature-based tourism and benefits to small business. Local groups, including Nambucca Valley Conservation Association, the Bellingen Environment Centre and NPA’s revitalised Coffs Coast Branch are working hard to develop tourism and outdoor recreation offerings to make sure that a future GKNP will be not only a key conservation tool for koalas, but a world-class tourism destination that will provide a wealth of activities for locals and visitors alike.

The government’s koala strategy can’t work—the Great Koala National Park can

Posted by Steph Clarkon December 18, 2018December 18, 2018in Great Koala National Park, Media Releases1 Comment

The National Parks Association of NSW Inc (NPA) is renewing calls for the government to create new protected areas for koalas, including the Great Koala National Park, following the release of a critique of the NSW government’s Koala Strategy authored by WWF, North East Forest Alliance and NPA.

Government logging plans will snatch defeat from jaws of victory

Posted by NPA NSWon November 14, 2018in Campaigns and Conservation, Great Koala National Park, Media Releases, Native Forest LoggingLeave a comment

Today’s revelations in the Sydney Morning Herald—detailing a nationwide study of 11,500 people that shows a strong majority of people oppose native forest logging—shows how out of touch the government is with the public on forest protection.

Government ignoring easy koala solutions

Posted by NPA NSWon October 24, 2018in Campaigns and Conservation, Great Koala National Park, Media ReleasesLeave a comment

$20 million to buy koala habitat is welcome but doomed to fail in light of policy settings driving deforestation

Today’s announcement that $20 million will be allocated from the Environment Trust to purchase koala habitat from landholders is welcome, but an inefficient use of money and likely to fail because of accelerating deforestation says the National Parks Association of NSW (NPA).

Nature a hostage to ideology

Posted by NPA NSWon October 16, 2018October 16, 2018in Campaigns and Conservation, Great Koala National Park, Media Releases, Native Forest Logging, Park ProtectionLeave a comment

Media report shows that even modest efforts to protect nature are sacrificed at the altar of ideology.

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) is calling for urgent political efforts to reach bipartisanship on protecting nature for future generations after this morning’s revelations in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Koala colonies face wipe-out as government ignores its experts

Posted by NPA NSWon September 28, 2018September 28, 2018in Campaigns and Conservation, Great Koala National Park, Media ReleasesLeave a comment

Freedom of information documents show we’re facing a koala colony wipe-out unless the government implements the Great Koala National Park and other key reserves

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) is renewing calls for the NSW Government to create the Great Koala National Park after documents obtained under freedom of information show that it’s the most important public land in NSW for koalas.