The NSW Greens have called on their federal counterparts not to support a Senate vote next week that could block the use of carbon credits to fund the creation of the Great Koala National Park in the state.
The call – made public on Monday for the first time – will add to pressure of the 11 Greens senators to vote down a disallowance motion put forward by the Nationals and the forest industry for a vote in federal parliament on September 15th.
The Senate motion aims to strike down the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) carbon method, proposed by the NSW Minns Labor government and approved by the federal government.
The NSW Greens’ verdict on the method coincided with major environmental groups and some leading ecologists supporting the use of carbon credits to pay for the end native logging and the creation of a new Great Koala National Park (GKNP) in northern NSW.
Groups opposed to the use of such credits included prominent Tasmanian environmentalist and former Greens leader, Bob Brown, and The Australia Institute. They say the credits will enable the coal and gas companies and other carbon emitters to dodge cutting actual emissions.
