‘Greenwashing’ biodiversity credit proposal for NSW national parks dropped amid overhaul
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#5S96D)
Greens thankful worst elements' stripped from the bill, which will ensure the protection of the Gardens of Stone
A Perrotet government proposal to allow management work in New South Wales national parks to generate biodiversity credits to compensate for habitat destruction caused by development elsewhere has been dropped amid a broader overhaul of the state's national parks.
That change, which the National Parks Association labelled an attempt at statewide greenwashing", was stripped out of the bill after negotiations between the government, opposition and crossbench.
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