Media Releases – Page 19 – National Parks Association of NSW

Destructive logging laws slammed by government scientists

Posted by NPA NSWon November 19, 2018November 19, 2018in Media Releases2 Comments

Freedom of information documents reveal damning assessment of Berejiklian government’s proposed new logging laws

As the NSW and federal governments are poised to sign off on 20-year extensions to controversial Regional Forest Agreements, documents acquired by the North East Forest Alliance under freedom of information show deep concerns within the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) about the impact of new logging laws on protected old-growth, rainforest and koalas.

Government logging plans will snatch defeat from jaws of victory

Posted by NPA NSWon November 14, 2018in Campaigns and Conservation, 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, 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).

Berejiklian must defend our national parks

Posted by NPA NSWon October 22, 2018in Campaigns and Conservation, Media Releases, Park ProtectionLeave a comment

Gladys Berejiklian must act swiftly to defeat a private members bill to downgrade the 41,000-hectare Murray Valley National Park (aka River Red Gums National Park) to a state forest and open it for logging when it is tabled in parliament. [1]

Nature a hostage to ideology

Posted by NPA NSWon October 16, 2018October 16, 2018in Campaigns and Conservation, Media Releases, Native Forest LoggingLeave 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.

National Parks Association welcomes Labor’s commitment to create a new national park in south-west Sydney

Posted by NPA NSWon September 30, 2018October 1, 2018in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) warmly welcomes NSW Labor’s commitment for a new national park in south-west Sydney.

NPA included a proposal for protected areas in south-west Sydney in its ’50 Parks’ proposal, released late 2017 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. A new protected area is vital in order to protect threatened ecological communities and threated species—including koalas—in the face of accelerating development.