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, told Nine newspapers the government had approved the awarding of carbon credits to state governments for storing carbon dioxide in native forests on public land.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Adam Morton Climate and environment editor.
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