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Where is the Great Koala National Park? The NSW Labor government made a promise before it was elected in 2023 to create the Great Koala National Park. More than a year and half has passed and the park is yet to become a reality. The area proposed to form the park is critical—it’s home to around 20% of NSW’s endangered koala population and more essential than ever after the Black Summer Bushfires devastated nearly two-thirds of NSW’s native forests. This makes the proposed Park area a significant stronghold for koala's in the state. Sadly, new research shows that logging intensity within the proposed park area is four times greater than in the surrounding forest. The longer the park is delayed, the more NSW koalas are at risk. Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gcNhpg9v #GreatKoalaNationalPark #NSW #forests #environment
