Australia’s koala population is endangered but efforts to create a new sanctuary are contentious, with environmentalists and the forestry industry at loggerheads. The Washington Post 9/11/2024 read here https://archive.is/2024.11.09-111031/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/08/koala-national-park-australia-logging/
Author Archives: Friends of Pine Creek
BAN set up Pine Creek Camp
Pine Creek forest habitat is precious and home many native species, including the endangered koala. Thank you to B.A.N. for standing up to help protect Pine Creek from logging. All are welcome to visit camp, it’s a lovely vibe with committed people who care for the forest, and see for yourself how precious this habitatContinue reading “BAN set up Pine Creek Camp”
The Carbon Credit Grift Destroying Koala Habitat
The NSW Labor Government took office promising to create a vast koala sanctuary on the state’s mid-north coast – the Great Koala National Park. Despite the threat of koala extinction in the state, more than a year later the Great Koala National Park is yet to be established. Officially, the government cites consultation with stakeholdersContinue reading “The Carbon Credit Grift Destroying Koala Habitat”
The Great Koala Funeral Park
Friends of Pine Creek members and supporters gathered on Friday 15th March to mourn the loss of Compartment 14, a former Koala Hub in Pine Creek State Forest. The destruction of this koala habitat in November 2023 marks the first loss in Pine Ck SF in what is coming to be known as the GreatContinue reading “The Great Koala Funeral Park”
change.org petition
Support The Forest Bridge here
NPA presentation for inclusion of Pine Creek State Forest in GKNP
Displaced koala found adjacent to a clearfell logging operation in the proposed Great Koala National Park
Recently discovered in clear felled compartment 14 in Pine Creek State Forest…
NPA NSW’s position statement: Public Plantations in NSW
including Pine Creek State Forest case study..
NEFA Koala Campaign
Ending Government Koala Propaganda NEFA has written to Environment Minister Penny Sharpe after pre-publication release of a paper on a long-term Koala study by Dr. Andrew Smith and John Pile at Pine Creek that provides more proof that the NSW Natural Resources Commission’s (NRC) claims that logging has no impact on Koalas are based on false assumptions. The paperContinue reading “NEFA Koala Campaign”
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