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NSW environment minister says protections will be boosted for 92 species, including 15 of the most important strongholds for the koala. Photograph: Loren Elliott/Reuters
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The New South Wales government has set a target of zero extinctions of native wildlife in the state’s national parks estate, the first time an Australian government has set the goal. The environment minister, Matt Kean, said the target, which will apply to all parklands in NSW, was a response to the continued decline of threatened plants and animals and Australia’s status as the country with the highest rate of mammal extinctions.

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