Great Koala National Park – Page 6 – National Parks Association of NSW

Prosecution Of Forestry Corporation Shows They Are Unfit To Manage Our State Forests

Posted by NPA NSWon June 20, 2022in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The Land and Environment Court’s decision to fine NSW Forestry Corporation for destroying koala habitat at Cattle Creek near Coffs Harbour shows Forestry Corporation is woefully unfit for managing our State Forests.

The Great Koala National Park, an initiative of the National Parks Association of NSW, calls for the immediate end to all logging on public native forests in NSW, in light of the court’s decision.

Community forum about the Great Koala National Park proposal

Posted by NPA NSWon April 27, 2022May 3, 2022in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

A community forum in Coffs Harbour on April 28 will give federal election candidates a chance to publicly state their position on the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP).

The forum will coincide with public hearings by the NSW parliamentary inquiry into the future of native forestry in the Coffs Harbour and Grafton region on April 28 and 29.

Launch of the Great Koala National Park Information and Visitor Centre

Posted by NPA NSWon February 27, 2020February 28, 2020in Autumn 2020Leave a comment

Kevin Evans, Interim President NPA Coffs Coast Branch

The Great Koala National Park has been one of NPA’s priority campaigns for the last 6 years. The idea was born at the Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) as their logical local response to the Koala Crisis. NPA and BEC stalwart Ashley Love, helped identify 175,000 hectares of State Forest that would be added to existing protected areas in the Coffs Harbour Hinterland to form a new 315,000 Great Koala National Park. At that point these forests were thought to be home for 20% of the NSW Koala population.

On the Campaign Trail – Winter 2019

Posted by NPA NSWon May 27, 2019May 14, 2019in Winter 2019Leave a comment

Dr Oisín Sweeney
Senior Ecologist, National Parks Association of NSW

As the dust settles after the NSW election, NPA is taking stock of what the result means for forests and the Great Koala National Park.

Logging industry report on Great Koala National Park ignores benefits and relies solely on industry data

Posted by NPA NSWon March 22, 2019March 22, 2019in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

Environment groups have today slammed a new logging industry report claiming dramatic losses of jobs and to the economy from the creation of the Great Koala National Park as baseless scaremongering.

Industry jobs scare campaign distracts from the real issue – protecting koalas for future generations

Posted by NPA NSWon March 21, 2019March 21, 2019in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The timber industry’s attempt to scare the public with claims the Great Koala National Park will harm regional economies seeks to distract from the logging that is pushing koalas closer to extinction.