The State Government must act now to create a network of new National Parks to protect the Northern Jarrah Forest.
The draft Forest Management Plan for 2024-2033 failed to recommend this, leaving forests covered by mining leases vulnerable to destruction. This is unacceptable.
The Beyond 2024 mapping by Daniel Jan Martin, alongside The Beeliar Group and The Leeuwin Group, sets out a comprehensive proposal for new protected areas - a plan that we strongly support.
You can explore the Beyond 2024 mapping on The Beeliar Group and The Leeuwin Group websites.
To learn more, read 'A Thousand Cuts', a report exposing how continued clearing of Western Australia’s South West forests is putting vulnerable species and plant life under ‘unendurable strain’, with concerns that the majority of forest between Collie and Armadale will be fragmented or destroyed by 2060.