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Summit call amid claims loggers eyeing koala parklands

Logging is planned in some of the most vital koala habitat areas before the new park is declared. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Environmentalists accuse loggers of "ramping up" operations before the NSW government establishes its Great Koala National Park, targeting swathes of land set aside for conservation.

Environment Minister Penny Sharpe says the government will realign the state's focus on koala protection with a summit on the endangered marsupial, as conservationists call for a halt on logging in the area.

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