National Parks Association of NSW

IT’S TIME TO END THE FAILED REGIONAL FOREST AGREEMENTS

Posted by on May 18, 2015March 3, 2017in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) that govern logging in nearly 7 million hectares of state forests in NSW, Tasmania, Victoria and WA have failed in all their objectives and should be terminated when they expire over the next four years. That is the damning assessment by over 30 environmental groups in a statement released today.

“The RFAs commenced in the 1990s and did not take factors such as climate change into account” said Lorraine Bower of the Australian Forests and Climate Alliance (AFCA). “Now we know that forests are vital for moderating climate and storing carbon, and that logging significantly reduces carbon stores in forests.

Threatened Species Commissioner calls for cats to be removed from among the pigeons

Posted by on March 29, 2015March 3, 2017in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) welcomes Threatened Species Commissioner Gregory Andrew’s call to keep cats indoors to protect wildlife.

“This is a bold intervention, and one that would certainly help to reduce predation from cats on our native wildlife—particularly in urban and peri-urban areas” NPA CEO Kevin Evans said.

“For this to be really effective though, it needs to be part of a bigger picture plan. All levels of government need to be committed and it needs to be properly funded.”

Koalas for coal: Will it come to this in NSW?

Posted by NPA NSWon March 23, 2015March 16, 2017in NPA in the NewsLeave a comment

Can we have our cake and eat it, or will offsetting cost our natural heritage? Koalas or coal; nature or one-off profits; short-term gain or things of wonder for our grandkids? These are the choices we have to make, writes Dr. Oisín Sweeney.

Source: Koalas for coal: Will it come to this in NSW?