SYDNEY: The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has announced the building of a new national park in Western Sydney that will become home to a number of locally extinct wildlife species.
NSW Minister for Energy and Environment Matt Kean said the project commencing construction in early 2022 "will be the first national park declared in Western Sydney in over one decade", Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.
"We are turning it into a special conservation area, which will be home to some of our most threatened and endangered native animals," said Kean.
Over the next 18 months, over 500 hectares of bushland in Shanes Park, 50 km west of central Sydney, would be converted into a predator-free sanctuary for some 30 animals, that previously inhabited the area. (IANS)
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