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NPA welcomes Government’s recognition of the importance of nature to regional NSW and calls for forests to be protected as a key pillar

Posted by NPA NSWon June 26, 2018June 28, 2018in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) has welcomed Sunday’s announcement by Minister for Tourism, Adam Marshall, to develop a nature-based tourism strategy to ‘unlock NSW’s multi-billion dollar backyard’, and calls on the Government to heed NPA’s Forests For All strategy to exit native forest logging on public land and use the forests to promote nature conservation to underpin nature-based tourism.

Koscuiszko National Park tourism plans risk further damage to fragile ecosystems

Posted by NPA NSWon April 20, 2018April 20, 2018in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The NSW Government this week announced $27 million to upgrade and expand walking and cycling trails in Koscuiszko National Park (KNP), designed to boost tourism. The proposals however add to an increasing number of pressures on alpine ecosystems—sensitive and highly localised in Australia—says the National Parks Association of NSW (NPA).

NPA and NPWS, an amazing history – an even better future

Posted by NPA NSWon March 1, 2018March 1, 2018in Autumn 2018, Nature NSWLeave a comment

^{Alix Goodwin,}^{Chief Executive Officer, National Parks Association of NSW}

In November 2017, Alix gave the following presentation at the National Parks 50:50 Forum hosted by Labor MP Penny Sharpe, at Parliament House

50 Park Proposals

Posted by NPA NSWon March 1, 2018March 5, 2018in Autumn 2018, Nature NSWLeave a comment

Celebrating 50 years of the NPWS with 50 new national parks and additions

^{Grahame Douglas, Convenor, Landscape Conservation Forum}

2017 saw some celebratory events to recognise the 50 years since the establishment of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in NSW. This corresponds with NPA’s 60th celebrations. So one could speculate on how to best recognise the 50th year with a present: the establishment of 50 new parks and reserves.

Will the Coalition degazette the Murray Valley National Park and cement its anti-environment reputation?

Posted by NPA NSWon December 1, 2017in Summer 20171 Comment

^{Oisín Sweeney, Senior Ecologist, National Parks Association of NSW}

This article first appeared on John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations website on 25 September 2017.

This article follows on from Ross McDonnell’s article on the Murray Valley National Parks in issue 61 (3) Spring 2017

Reprieve for Royal National Park for now as Government reserves commitment on F6 stage 4

Posted by NPA NSWon October 20, 2017October 20, 2017in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

In what appears to be a pragmatic response to community pressure, the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday reported[1] that the NSW Government has not committed to stage 4 of the F6 motorway which would have resulted in 60 ha of Royal National Park being bulldozed.