Munga-Thirri-Simpson desert declared Australia’s biggest national park after 10-year campaign
by Royce Kurmelovs from Environment | The Guardian on (#5SASM)
New park in South Australia is twice the size of Kakadu and home to more than 900 species of plants and animals
The Munga-Thirri-Simpson desert has been declared Australia's newest and biggest national park after a decade-long campaign to protect the area from exploration by fossil fuel companies.
The desert stretches into Queensland and the Northern Territory but the area covered by the new national park lies within the Lake Eyre Basin in South Australia and spans 3.6m hectares.
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