维多利亚州上院投票支持新的国家公园, 保护650平方公里, Victoria’s upper house votes on new national parks protecting 650 sq km, backed by public support but facing access opposition.

维多利亚的上院将就建立三个新的国家公园——Wombat-Lerderderg、Buangor山(Mount Buangor)(Mount Cole)和比利牛斯(Pyrenees)——的立法进行表决,保护650多平方公里的森林、林地和山地免于伐木和采矿。 Victoria’s upper house is set to vote on legislation that would create three new national parks—Wombat-Lerderderg, Mount Buangor (Mount Cole), and Pyrenees—protecting over 650 square kilometers of forest, woodland, and mountain land from logging and mining. 若获通过,将标志着十多年来该州第一个新的国家公园。 If passed, it would mark the first new national parks in the state in over a decade. 在80%的公共支持和一项显示每投资1美元社会回报4.80美元的研究的支持下,这项行动遭到灌木林用户团体和电气工会的反对。 The move, backed by 80% public support and a study showing $4.80 in societal returns per dollar invested, faces opposition from bush user groups and the Electrical Trades Union over access concerns. 政府承诺不再设立国家公园,而是将重点放在维持现有的保护区上,而立法包括了两个现有公园野鹿的新狩猎权。 The government has pledged no further national parks, focusing instead on maintaining existing protected areas, while the legislation includes new hunting rights for feral deer in two existing parks.