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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Lisa Cox

Greens and environmentalists question initial plan to pause logging in just 5% of NSW’s promised koala park

A koala sitting in a gumtree
After weeks of pressure from communities accusing the NSW government of stalling on promised new parkland, logging operations in 106 ‘koala hubs’ have been suspended. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The New South Wales Greens and community groups have raised concerns about a Minns government plan to suspend logging operations in just 5% of its promised great koala national park while it consults experts and industry about the proposal.

The Greens environment spokesperson, Sue Higginson, has also warned that the more than 12-month process announced by the environment minister, Penny Sharpe, on Tuesday could leave important habitat areas without any protection until 2025.

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