National Parks Association of NSW – Protecting Nature Through Community Action

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  • Protecting Glenbog State Forest Against Logging Threats
    Ella Magee-Carr and Andrew Wong, Wilderness Australia Proposed native forest logging could devastate Glenbog State Forest, one of the last true strongholds of the endangered Southern Greater Glider on the NSW South Coast. 
  • Dams Impact Platypus Populations and River Ecosystems in Australia
    Dr Jonathon Howard, Executive Member NPANSW The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a unique, semi-aquatic Australian mammal and one of only five living monotreme species on earth. We have constructed dams in over 40% of the sub-catchments in which platypus are present. 
  • Finally, The Great Koala National Park is announced
    Ashley Love, Member of NPA and Bellingen Environment Centre The history of community campaigns to protect koala habitat in the Bellingen-Coffs Harbour areas goes back over 50 years. In the 1970’s Coffs City Council supported residents’ efforts to protect koala habitat at Roberts Hill on the western edge of the city.