Media Releases – National Parks Association of NSW

NSW must follow Victoria’s lead on ending native forestry logging by the end of the year

Posted by NPA NSWon May 24, 2023May 24, 2023in Media Releases, UncategorizedLeave a comment

National Parks Association President Dr Grahame Douglas welcomed the Victorian Government’s decision to accelerate shutting down public native forestry by the end of 2023, drastically moving forward the original deadline of 2030.

‘It’s a relief to see a State Government acknowledging that we are running out of time to protect our last remaining forests and forest dependant fauna. Now’s the time for the NSW Government to follow suit and end the logging that is driving our forests and unique wildlife to extinction’ said Dr Douglas.

Snowy 2.0 cutting corners, failing to comply with environmental approval conditions

Posted by NPA NSWon May 17, 2023May 17, 2023in Media Releases, Snowy 2.0Leave a comment

The National Parks Association today released a report exposing Snowy Hydro’s lack of compliance with the environmental Conditions of Approval for the Snowy 2.0 project, located within Kosciuszko National Park.

‘Our investigations show that Snowy Hydro and its contractors are not complying with the ‘strict’ environmental Conditions of Approval imposed by the Federal and NSW Governments’ stated Gary Dunnett, CEO of NPA.

Forestry Corporation caught again in the Coffs Harbour Region

Posted by NPA NSWon April 20, 2023in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

National Parks Association of NSW President, Dr Grahame Douglas said recent reports of severe damage to an environmentally sensitive private property (NBN news story 10 April 2023) is yet another example of why Forestry Corporation cannot be trusted to continue logging within the proposed Great Koala National Park.

Additional national parks staff welcomed

Posted by NPA NSWon March 23, 2023in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

National Parks Association of NSW President Dr Grahame Douglas today welcomed NSW Labor’s commitment to employ an additional 100 field officers in the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

NPA welcomes Labor’s announcement to create a Georges River Koala National Park

Posted by NPA NSWon March 6, 2023in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

National Parks Association of NSW welcomed NSW Labor’s recent announcement of plans to fast-track the creation of a Georges River Koala National Park in southwest Sydney.

A big step forward for conservation in western NSW

Posted by NPA NSWon February 28, 2023February 28, 2023in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The National Parks Association of NSW has congratulated the NSW Government on today’s announcement that it has acquired the former Thurloo Downs property to create a major new National Park in the state’s northwest.

‘This is a fantastic day for conservation in NSW’ stated NPA President Dr Grahame Douglas. ‘Not just because of the sheer size of the acquisition, which is more than 400,000 hectares, but because those hectares have been carefully selected to bring protection into bio-regions that are chronically under-represented in the current reserve system’