Park to protect 12,000 koalas to go ahead via contentious carbon credit deal by Albanese government
by Adam Morton Climate and environment editor from World news | The Guardian on (#76JWZ)
Minns government waited on federal approval of carbon credit scheme before proceeding with long-awaited great koala national park
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A long-promised New South Wales great koala national parkis set to go ahead after the Albanese government greenlit the state to receive hundreds of millions of dollars for protecting native forests previously earmarked for logging.
The assistant climate change minister, Josh Wilson, said the government had approved a regulatory change that allowed state governments to earn carbon credits by storing carbon dioxide in native forests on public land.
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