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Great Koala National Park would create thousands of jobs, study finds, but at what cost?
An ambitious plan to create a 180-kilometre koala conservation reserve along the NSW Mid North Coast could generate thousands of jobs and add more than $1 billion to the state’s economic output over the next 15 years, a study has found.
Key points:
- The lead researcher into a study on a Great Koala National Park for NSW says the economic benefits look “pretty positive”
- Timber NSW has raised concerns about the projected loss of at least 600 forestry jobs
- The park would stretch from Grafton to Kempsey
The Coffs Harbour and Bellingen councils, along with Destination North Coast, commissioned the University of Newcastle to undertake an economic and environmental analysis of the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP).
Lead researcher Roberta…
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