National parks and wilderness areas are the most effective way we have of ensuring nature is protected for future generations.
Each year, millions of people flock to our national parks to spend time in nature, and the desire of people to spend time outdoors increased during our experiences of lockdown.
The national parks estate in NSW has grown significantly over the past 3 years, but conservation reserves are treatened by logging, grazing, development and inappropriate recreational use.
6.1 Add 14 million hectares to the national parks estate by 2030
The NSW Government must add 14 million hectares to the existing 7 million-hectare parks estate to reach the High Ambition Target of protecting 30% of every bioregion in the state by 2030
6.2 Ban logging, grazing and impactful development in national parks
Logging, grazing, hunting and high-impact developments degrade conservation reserves and undermine the objectives these areas have been set aside to achieve.
6.3 Don’t flood Blue Mountains wilderness and wild rivers
Rule out raising the Warragamba Dam wall to save Blue Mountains wilderness.
6.4 Expedite Aboriginal land rights claims over Crown lands by 2028
About 42% of NSW is Crown land, much of which contains critical remnant habitat for threatened species.
6.5 Manage Crown lands for biodiversity conservation
The government’s Crown Land Strategic Plan proposes selling Crown land, including TSRs, for economic exploitation. This must not occur.