MEDIA RELEASE
November 11th, 2024
The lack of action on logging in the proposed Great Koala National Park has received international spotlight with a scathing article in the Washington Post.
The Forest Alliance of NSW is calling for an immediate moratorium on logging in the proposed Great Koala National Park and in other identified endangered species hotspots throughout the state's public native forests.
Jacqui Mumford from the Nature Conservation Council NSW said:
”This is an international embarrassment and highlights the urgency of the problem.
“The NSW Government has been dragging out the process for establishing the Great Koala National Park for over 18 months now.
“While this slow bureaucratic process of gazetting the park has been underway, logging in the park boundaries has continued and even increased in pace.
“Premier Minns needs to use his power to stop logging in the proposed park immediately.
Justin Field from the Forest Alliance NSW said:
“Yesterday's Washington Post article, together with the SMH article have thrown a much needed spotlight on the continued intensive logging in the proposed Great Koala National Park.”
"The message is clear, we must stop logging in the proposed park immediately.
“The longer the Minns' Government delays, the further we push Koalas to extinction.”
Every day the Forestry Corporation is targeting key habitat areas. Forestry Corporation claims they are targeting this area because it contains "the most productive forests".
These are also the areas that tend to have the highest biodiversity, habitat and the remaining big, old trees.
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"James Jooste, NSW chief executive for the industry lobby group Australian Forest Products Association, said there was more logging within the assessment area because it contained the most productive forests." SMH Article