Our Work
The Tasmanian National Parks Association (TNPA) is a non-profit, non-government organisation committed to the protection of Tasmania’s national parks and reserved lands. We aim to give park users a voice and involve the community in matters affecting these important and invaluable areas.
We seek to preserve and expand Tasmania’s national park system, and to ensure appropriate management of their natural and cultural values in the long term interests of conservation.
World Heritage
World Heritage status implies the highest possible level of protection but threats to the wild character and integrity of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area persist.
Tourism
The Tasmanian Government’s policy of ‘unlocking our national parks’ with minimal opportunity for public scrutiny of proposed developments is a a major threat to the integrity of our parks and reserves.
Management
Poor planning and inappropriate development in Tasmania’s national parks is not restricted to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Wilderness
The protection of wild character and the opportunity for visitors to experience wilderness underpins a great deal of our work.
Recreation
There is a long history of attempts to achieve environmentally-sustainable management of Tasmanian walking tracks and their use by walkers.
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Latest News
Maria Island visitor management
Instead of addressing and finding management solutions to present concerns arising from the increase in visitors to Maria Island, it seems that increasing visitor numbers even more, and upgrading infrastructure to support this increase, is the government’s priority. This includes supporting the introduction of a new, larger ferry later in 2026, pre-empting the majority public comment on the draft management plan which wanted numbers to be limited.
Proposed ‘Next Iconic Walk in Tyndall Range
Opportunities for public comment on the PWS's 'Next Iconic Walk' proposal have or will comprise the EIS in late 2025, a Parliamentary Public Works Committee Inquiry in early 2026, a EPBC Act referral also in early 2026, and a West Coast Council development application in autumn 2026.
Failed reform of PWS Reserve Activity Assessment process
Tasmanians have already lost the right to appeal developments in national parks. Parks Minister Duigan’s statement on 18 September 2025 that the long running review of the Reserve Activity Assessment (RAA) process will not result in a new statutory process for the assessment of developments in national parks makes it clear that the government has no intention of reinstating appeal rights.
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Tasmanian National Parks Association
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