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NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION OF NSW
National
Parks Association of NSW (NPA) is an independent environmental organisation
that seeks to protect, connect and restore the integrity and diversity of natural
systems in NSW.
NPA was formed in 1957 to create a national park system under legislation managed by a professional agency. NPA has had a hand in the establishment of most national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas that followed.
At 2008 our 5,300 members and an additional 5,000 supporters form a vibrant network of over 800 active volunteers, 19 Branches, 13 staff and many committees, working groups and affiliates. We hold over 1,000 bushwalks and activities each year and significantly influence conservation outcomes across NSW.
Our work will increasingly extend to ensure the management of the entire landscape
and human activities complement the management of the protected area system.
Our work will continue to rely on community action at all levels and increasingly
upon cooperative relationships with Indigenous people.
NATUREKEEPERS
NatureKeepers
is the community participation arm of NPA.
Throughout the year NatureKeepers offers practical ways for the community to
protect, restore and explore NSW's natural areas. NatureKeepers volunteers help
tackle the many environmental threats facing regional NSW. Activities offered
include biodiversity surveys, clean ups, bush regeneration, weed removal, track
maintenance, environmental training and educational seminars.
From monitoring threatened plants and animals in Western NSW, to removing rubbish from Royal National Park, to training farmers in biodiversity conservation, there is a wealth of ways to be involved.
BioBlitz08 is NatureKeepers' signature community event and the highlight of its year-round program of activities program.
NPA's long-term goal for Bioblitz is to extend the number of urban parks and
open spaces being explored and surveyed by the broader community to include
all of Greater Sydney by the year 2009 and into NSW towns and cities from 2010,
establishing NatureKeepers BioBlitz as a NSW- wide annual event.