Media Releases – Page 17 – National Parks Association of NSW

ALP Koala Park pledge gives hope for the survival of an iconic species

Posted by NPA NSWon March 15, 2019March 18, 2019in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The Nature Conservation Council and National Parks Association welcome state Labor’s commitment to creating a Great Koala National Park on the north coast.

The Great Koala National Park, if fully implemented as conservationists recommend, would protect 175,000 hectares of publicly owned state forests as National Parks, and boost public access and recreation on the north coast. Today Labor have committed to the establishment of the Great Koala National Park but have omitted detail about its exact location and size.

ALP plan would arrest decline of one of the world’s great national parks services

Posted by NPA NSWon March 15, 2019March 20, 2019in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The Nature Conservation Council and National Parks Association welcome state Labor’s commitment to restore NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services staffing levels and reactivate the land acquisition program to protect still-vulnerable ecosystems and species.

ALP Environment Spokesperson Penny Sharpe today pledged that Labor would add 200 more staff to match 2011 levels and resume the national parks acquisition program that has stalled over the past eight years.

Greens $4 billion ‘Protect Nature’ policy can reverse environmental degradation and benefit regional communities

Posted by NPA NSWon March 11, 2019in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) has warmly welcomed the renewed focus on environment issues announced today in The Greens’ ‘Protect Nature’ policy.

The policy incorporates initiatives from ‘A Cleaner, Greener NSW’ – the joint policy platform for NSW’s environment groups – including creating the Great Koala National Park, ending native forest logging on public land, protecting national parks, creating new parks and helping farmers to restore landscapes and reverse the impacts of land clearing.

Labor policy will increase security of Crown Land

Posted by NPA NSWon March 2, 2019March 6, 2019in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

Labor’s commitment to ‘dedicate’ Crown Land will increase security and lower the risk of sell-offs and inappropriate use

The National Parks Association of NSW Inc (NPA) is welcoming Shadow Primary Industries Minister Mick Veitch’s announcement to ‘dedicate’ Crown Land, and calls on the Coalition to match the commitment.

New report details loss of social license for native forest woodchip industry

Posted by NPA NSWon February 23, 2019March 6, 2019in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

An alliance of environment groups has today released a report entitled ‘Social License Chipped Away: why support for woodchipping has collapsed in south-east NSW’.

State of Forests report contains dubious climate claims

Posted by NPA NSWon February 19, 2019February 19, 2019in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) has questioned the use of industry research and the exclusion of independent science in the 2018 State of Forests Report, and is concerned that the report appears to be an effort to lay the ground for the burning of forests for electricity.

Case study 5.2 ‘carbon dynamics of managed native forests in Australia’ concludes that removing logging does not reduce carbon emissions from forests, and that replacing fossil fuels with wood for electricity generation can help tackle climate change. Both claims are highly contested domestically and internationally.