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Livestock Health and Pest Authorities Review |
Review recommendations bad news for TSRs
A recent government review has recommended taking away the NSW Travelling Stock Routes and Reserves (TSRs) from their current managers, the Livestock Health and Pest Authorities, and devolving them immediately to the Lands Division of the Department of Primary Industries. NPA believes this recommendation is poorly thought out, driven by ‘cost cutting’ measures and seriously threatens our irreplaceable TSR network.
We urgently need to tell the NSW Government that the TSR network is far too important to be put at risk by a hasty move to cut costs, which doesn’t provide any framework for protecting the remarkable values of TSRs.
If you have the time, please write a response to this review by May 23, 2012.
Travelling stock, Liverpool Plains, NSW. Photo: James Tremain
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National parks again under threat |
National parks like the River Red Gum parks are again under threat
“Our national parks are once again under threat, this time from a parliamentary inquiry examining the creation of National Parks in New South Wales,” said Kevin Evans, CEO of the National Parks Association of NSW.
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Environment Minister opens Dharawal National Park |
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National Parks Association of NSW CEO, Kevin Evans, welcomed today’s opening of the Dharawal National Park by the Hon. Robyn Parker, Minister for the Environment.
"Dharawal is an important network of pristine creeks and upland swamps, significant in protecting the headwaters of the Georges River and the biodiversity of the southern Sydney region. Creating these all-important connecting corridors is vital to making our national park estate resilient,” said Mr. Evans.
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