澳大利亚新南威尔士州通过大考拉国家公园立法：47.5万公顷栖息地受保护，约1.2万只考拉受益
悉尼——新南威尔士州政府10月23日宣布，设立大考拉国家公园的立法已在州议会通过，为该州最具代表性的考拉种群之一赢得永久性保护 。立法将把17.8万公顷州有林地与其他王室土地并入国家公园体系，与现有国家公园和保护区连成一片，在新南威尔士州中北海岸形成逾47.5万公顷的保护区，成为该州最大的公园之一。公园将保护约1.2万只考拉、3.6万只大袋鼯（greater gliders）以及100多个受威胁物种的栖息地。
立法名为《国家公园地产（大考拉国家公园保留地）法案2026》。据新南威尔士州政府公告，立法通过加上清洁能源监管机构对公园碳项目的批准，扫清了建园的最后障碍，公园有望在年底前开放。新增土地中大部分将划为国家公园，实行长期保护；约13% 将划为区域公园，允许徒步、越野跑、露营、皮划艇、骑马、山地骑行等休闲活动继续开展。立法还将使新南威尔士州原生林木材采伐量减少约20%，并设有保障措施防止采伐转移到其他地区。州政府将新增约100个国家公园与野生动物管理局岗位，加强公园运营、消防与保育工作，受影响的林业公司员工可选择转入这些岗位。
环保团体称，这是十多年倡议的“历史性胜利”。世界自然基金会澳大利亚分会首席执行官德莫特·奥戈尔曼说，大考拉国家公园将保护估计1.2万只考拉与3.6万只大袋鼯，成片栖息地将让考拉与濒危物种有空间恢复并适应气候变化。环保团体同时呼吁采取进一步
行动，包括保护剩余176万公顷原生州有林地、加大修复投入、推进原住民联合管理以及为公园争取世界遗产申报——这些是环保团体的后续诉求，并非立法已定内容。据环保团体通稿，自由党此次出人意料地投票支持建园，法案在下议院经小幅修正后通过。
（GSM据新南威尔士州政府公告2026-10-23及世界自然基金会澳大利亚分会、新南威尔士州自然保护委员会通稿综合整理）
New South Wales Passes Great Koala National Park Legislation, Protecting 475,000 Hectares and About 12,000 Koalas
SYDNEY — Legislation to create the Great Koala National Park has passed the New South Wales Parliament, the state government announced on October 23, securing lasting protection for one of the state's most significant koala populations. The bill adds 178,000 hectares of state forest and other Crown land to the national park estate, which together with existing national parks and reserves will create one of the largest protected areas in NSW, spanning more than 475,000 hectares on the Mid North Coast. The park will protect habitat for an estimated 12,000 koalas, 36,000 greater gliders and more than 100 threatened species.
The National Park Estate (Great Koala National Park Reservations) Bill 2026, combined with the Clean Energy Regulator's approval of the park's carbon project, clears the final hurdles to establishing the park, which is on track to open before the end of the year, according to the government. Most of the newly added land will be reserved as national park for long-term protection; about 13 percent will be designated regional park, where recreation such as bushwalking, trail running, camping, kayaking, horse riding and mountain-bike riding can continue. The legislation cuts timber harvested from NSW's native forests by approximately 20 percent, with safeguards to prevent logging being shifted elsewhere. Around 100 new National Parks and Wildlife Service roles will be created for park operations, fire management and conservation, and affected Forestry Corporation employees may transition into those roles.
Conservation groups called the passage a historic victory after more than a decade of campaigning. "The Great Koala National Park will protect an estimated 12,000 koalas, 36,000 greater gliders and countless other native animals that call these forests home," said Dermot O'Gorman, CEO of WWF-Australia. "Protecting hundreds of thousands of hectares of connected habitat will give koalas and other endangered species room to recover and adapt as the climate changes." The groups also called for further action, including protecting the remaining 1.76 million hectares of native state forest, greater restoration investment, First Nations joint management and a possible World Heritage listing — campaigners' further demands, not settled provisions of the legislation. According to the conservation groups' release, the Liberal Party unexpectedly voted in support of the park, with the bill passing the lower house after minor amendments.
(GSM, from the NSW Government announcement, October 23, 2026, and releases from WWF-Australia and the Nature Conservation Council of NSW)
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图片来源：图：攀爬树木的考拉，资料图。照片：Diliff，CC BY-SA 3.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / A koala climbing a tree (file photo). Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
