The Tarkine National Coalition have produced a proposal for a bold 447,000 hectare Tarkine National Park for North-West Tasmania, that would fully protect the Tarkine region.
This park would protect the outstanding values of the Tarkine, would create an important natural corridor that links the Tarkine to Tasmania's existing World Heritage area, and would provide for the rehabilitation of some of the parts of the Tarkine that have been damaged by environmentally destructive activities.
A Tarkine National Park would greatly boost Tasmania's tourism industry, adding to natural icons in other parts of the State, like Cradle-Mountain, the Gordon River, and Freycinet. For example, a recent latent demand economic analysis commissioned by the Cradle-Coast Authority, and put together by EMDA in conjunction with Moore Consulting, found that under a preferred scenario, with the right planning and appropriate public investment, the Tarkine has the potential to deliver $58.2 million in annual tourism spending and support over 1100 jobs in North-West Tasmania by 2017.
Please feel free to download a Precis' of the proposal for a Tarkine National Park here, with maps of the Tarkine National Park located here. Click here to find out how you can help.