Great Koala National Park – Page 8 – National Parks Association of NSW

Plants of the Great Koala National Park

Posted by NPA NSWon March 3, 2019March 1, 2019in Autumn 2019, UncategorizedLeave a comment

^{Phil Gilmour, botanist}

The Great Koala National Park (GKNP) proposal includes about 315,000 hectares of mainly forested coastal and foothills areas between Kempsey and Red Rock in north-east New South Wales.

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).

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.

Koala colonies face wipe-out as government ignores its experts

Posted by NPA NSWon September 28, 2018September 28, 2018in Campaigns and Conservation, Great Koala National Park, Media ReleasesLeave a comment

Freedom of information documents show we’re facing a koala colony wipe-out unless the government implements the Great Koala National Park and other key reserves

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) is renewing calls for the NSW Government to create the Great Koala National Park after documents obtained under freedom of information show that it’s the most important public land in NSW for koalas.

Exploring the Great Koala National Park Proposal

Posted by NPA NSWon August 31, 2018August 30, 2018in Campaigns and Conservation, Great Koala National Park, Nature NSW, Spring 2018Leave a comment

^{Helen Wilson, Member, National Parks Association of NSW}

We bushwalk for the good of our bodies and souls, but we can also walk in special places to think about how we can help to be better stewards of them. The NPA’s activities program provides opportunities for members to see for themselves what’s happening with our park campaigns.

NSW environment groups release exciting new environment platform

Posted by NPA NSWon August 15, 2018in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

This morning in Parliament House, NSW environment groups launched ‘A cleaner, greener NSW’—a list of key environment policy asks for the next NSW election and beyond.