TY - JOUR
T1 - Koalas, Climate, Conservation, and the Community
T2 - A Case Study of the Proposed Great Koala National Park, New South Wales, Australia
AU - Cadman, Tim
AU - Schlagloth, Rolf
AU - Santamaria, Flavia
AU - Morgan, Ed
AU - Clode, Danielle
AU - Cadman, Sean
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Koalas are one of the most globally recognized conservation species. With populations rapidly declining in core forest habitats in northern New South Wales, pressure has mounted on successive governments to create a regionwide park to protect this population from further decline. Establishing a conservation-effective national park at a landscape level in a highly fragmented area with high pressure from alternative land uses, such as forestry, agriculture, and urban development, presents considerable challenges in design. The au-thors explore how the exclusion of prime koala habitat from the proposed park for logging is inconsistent with koala protection, which needs to consider the integrity of the broader reserve system and be accorded the requisite status of World Heritage. A commentary on the implications from the social quality perspective is provided.
AB - Koalas are one of the most globally recognized conservation species. With populations rapidly declining in core forest habitats in northern New South Wales, pressure has mounted on successive governments to create a regionwide park to protect this population from further decline. Establishing a conservation-effective national park at a landscape level in a highly fragmented area with high pressure from alternative land uses, such as forestry, agriculture, and urban development, presents considerable challenges in design. The au-thors explore how the exclusion of prime koala habitat from the proposed park for logging is inconsistent with koala protection, which needs to consider the integrity of the broader reserve system and be accorded the requisite status of World Heritage. A commentary on the implications from the social quality perspective is provided.
KW - conservation
KW - habitat protection
KW - hardwood plantations
KW - koala
KW - native forest logging
KW - New South Wales
KW - Phascolarctos cinereus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85188547341&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3167/IJSQ.2023.130104
DO - 10.3167/IJSQ.2023.130104
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85188547341
SN - 1757-0344
VL - 13
SP - 25
EP - 55
JO - International Journal of Social Quality(United States)
JF - International Journal of Social Quality(United States)
IS - 1
ER -