Wilderness Australia Slams Luxury Resorts in Rare Pagoda Landscapes

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Wilderness Australia warned today that the Minns Government’s role in a proposed resort program will set a dangerous precedent. If approved, then no site in the NSW National Park estate will be safe from resort development.

“The Minns Government is handing over some of the most globally iconic and rare natural landscapes to a resort developer,” said Keith Muir, Wilderness Australia spokesperson.

Pristine resort development site 2 is in this pagoda landscape in front of beautiful platy pagodas

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The Gardens of Stone Alliance is campaigning to stop coal mining pollution in the Lithgow region and protect the waterways the flow into Sydney’s drinking water catchment. For years, coal mines have discharged large volumes of contaminated water into local creeks and swamps, damaging endangered wetlands, fragile pagoda formations and downstream waterways. A water treatment plant that was meant to operate as a “zero discharge” system has not delivered on its promise, and weakened water quality rules have left regulators unable to properly enforce environmental protections.

Environmental assessments fail to protect threatened species

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The environmental impact assessment for walking tracks and other visitor facilities are failing to adequately protect threatened species and environmental assets. The assessment for the Lost City track in the Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area estimated a potential 15% loss of a threatened plant population. This impact didn't trigger public exhibition or further environmental assessment and points to a fundamental flaw in the existing regulations.

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