The NSW government has promised to create the Great Koala National Park to protect koalas and other native species. This is an extremely welcome commitment – and it’s also significant climate action.
Tag Archives: Koalas
Sydney Nannas work with other groups and loops
During the recent Nanna conference relationships with other Nanna loops and environmental groups were reinforced. This last week saw us working together on issues important to us.
Nannas draw attention to water, our most precious resource
On World Water Day Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends ventured into the Botanical Gardens to make videos to remind Sydneysiders including ourselves how important water is. It doesn’t just come out of a tap! Looking around us we have to question whether our most precious resource is safe.
Koalas & Logging – information & questions for NSW election candidates
In 2012 the Koala was declared a Threatened Species. In June 2020 a NSW Upper House Inquiry found that koalas would be extinct in NSW by 2050 unless governments took urgent action to protect their habitat. Most of the evidence for this inquiry was taken before the 2019/20 bushfires when more than 5,000 koalas died. Continue reading “Koalas & Logging – information & questions for NSW election candidates”
Citizen Science Koala Training
Nanna Bron recently attended a Koala Citizen Science training day in Campbelltown and she described it as AWESOME!
Nanna’s end of year get together with friends
Nanna Purl joined the Sydney Nannas and Friends in Martin Place on Friday for their end of year get together. Sydney Nannas gathered at their pre-Covid meeting place at 52 Martin Place. Here Nanna Purl could sit quietly on a bench and watch the many passers by. She blended in well with the Nannas so itContinue reading “Nanna’s end of year get together with friends”
Big Canopy Camp
Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends joined the Bob Brown Foundation and Save Sydney’s Koalas as part of the international Big Canopy Campout on Saturday 17th of September. This Nannas’ knitted banner shows many of the threats faced by the endangered koala species. At the Campout we heard first hand about the threat to koalas ofContinue reading “Big Canopy Camp”
Nannas Koala Team
Sydney Knitting Nannas has formed a Koala Team to research koalas, write letters to politicians, and help organise rallies with other groups. Koalas need large areas of undisturbed land to survive. Logging and land clearing for development are destroying their habitat in NSW.
Government plan does not protect koalas
You may have signed the Save Sydney Koalas petition to save Sydney’s only remaining healthy koala colony in the Campbelltown area. This week we are asking you to put the word out further into the community.
NSW Native Forest Destruction
This week we have a chance to call for urgent change to forestry in NSW. Signing a petition is a simple action that’s part of the long struggle to protect public native forests. We can’t afford to let the devastation of ecosystems and habitat go on. And we can’t afford to spend millions of taxpayerContinue reading “NSW Native Forest Destruction”
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