NSW stops logging in 106 ‘hubs’ on mid-north coast amid plans for koala national park
by Lisa Cox and Anne Davies from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ENSG)
Exclusive: hubs cover about 5% of the 176,000 ha of forest that will be assessed for protection within great koala national park
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Logging in high value koala habitat on the New South Wales mid-north coast will cease immediately while the state government consults experts about plans to establish a great koala national park.
The announcement follows weeks of pressure from communities that had accused the Minns government of stalling on an election promise and allowing forestry operations to continue in areas that had been earmarked for the proposed park.
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