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"Longtime forest advocates have expressed disgust at the ongoing logging of
koala habitat in northern New South Wales despite promises the state government
would protect the species, with one seasoned campaigner calling the destruction
a “profound tragedy”.
In September last year, the Minns government ordered a halt to logging
operations in certain high-value koala habitat – known as “koala hubs” – in the
proposed Great Koala national park.
That move protected 5% of the proposed park but community campaigners say
logging has continued in other important habitat within its boundaries, as well
as in koala habitat outside the proposed park.
Mark Graham, a community advocate, said: “These are extinction logging
operations. This is a profound tragedy.”
The concerns come ahead of a state koala summit to be held in Sydney on Friday.
The environment minister, Penny Sharpe, called the summit to allow councils and
experts to give advice about what needs to happen to prevent the species’
extinction.
Graham said if the government was serious about preventing the extinction of
the koala, the simplest action it could take would be to immediately stop
logging and protect all koala hubs and nationally important koala areas in
state forests – both within and outside the boundaries of the proposed great
koala national park."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
