Koala safe zone NSW: Landowners share $11 8 million to help koalas geelongadvertiser.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from geelongadvertiser.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
$11.8 million for koala safe zones Five NSW landholders will share a $11.8 million pot of government money in exchange for designating parts of their land safe zones for koalas.
Environment by Anton Nilsson 24th Dec 2020 9:45 AM Five NSW landholders will share a $11.8 million pot of government money in exchange for designating parts of their land safe zones for koalas. The recently signed agreements will make a total of 1,094 hectares of land in the Southern Highlands protected koala habitat, a status that will remain in perpetuity. That means those parts of the land will not be developed or logged. The area is home to one of the most significant koala populations in the State, and a large portion of koala habitat in the Southern Highlands is found on private land, NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean said.
NSW extends national parks by 1000 hectares to protect koalas ntnews.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ntnews.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
News by Anton Nilsson EXCLUSIVE The NSW government is expanding three national parks by a thousand hectares in total to secure land for the state s vulnerable koala population. The new land will add 912 hectares to Cataract National Park three hours west of Byron Bay, and 93 hectares combined to Maria National Park in Crescent Head near Kempsey and Bongil Bongil National Park south of Coffs Harbour. This expansion of key areas of our national parks secure critical habitat across a number of animal and plant species, most notably our iconic koalas, Environment Minister Matt Kean said. You can t save koalas without first protecting their habitat and the best way to do that is by fortifying and expanding our national parks, which is exactly what we are doing.