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SAVING A RAINFOREST • The push to protect Takayna is already decades old. Thanks to the work, love and commitment of thousands, it’s another step closer.

THE REWARDS OF RISK • While taking unnecessary risks can be foolhardy, considered risks, on the other hand, can sometimes yield important lessons. Especially when you’re young.

TECH-ASSISTANCE • For anyone with lower-limb disabilities, new products like the Hypershell X can be a game changer in terms of access to the outdoors.

GREEN PAGES • A selection of environmental news briefs from around the country.

STILL NO GREAT KOALA NP • The Great Koala National Park has been promised for years. But NSW’s Minns government has repeatedly failed to actually deliver the park, and with just seven months until the next state election, gazetting is yet to occur. What’s worse, logging continues within prime koala habitat. The goal posts have changed, too, with the park’s creation now being contingent on a carbon-offset scheme. Mark Graham looks at the GKNP’s history, and how we got to this point.

FIGHTING FOR THE TYNDALLS • A $40 million development for Tasmania’s so-called ‘Next Iconic Walk’ has been proposed for the Tyndall Range on the state’s West Coast. Ecologically and economically, the proposal is a bad idea. Let’s hear from representatives of three community groups who spoke against the plan at a parliamentary standing committee meeting in February earlier this year.

Q+A • Karen Alexander has been fighting for environmental causes since the ’70s. She spoke recently with Wild’s editor James McCormack about her history as a conservation campaigner, what’s changed over the years, advice for young environmentalists, and more.

CALORIES, WOMEN & ENDURANCE • At over 4,000km in length, the Pacific Crest Trail requires stamina, endurance and plenty of food to fuel the effort. But as Amy Paton moved deeper into the thru-hike, she noticed men and women responded differently to the physiological challenges. Once she got home to Oz, she decided to do some research to understand why. Here’s what she discovered.

HIKING IN THE TROPICS • Hiking in the tropics is a great way to beat the cooler weather, but it does present its own set of challenges. Cairns local, and Wild Earth Ambassador, Jacinta Pink gives some tips for southerners thinking of heading north.

PERSPECTIVE SHIFT • ‘Place attachment’ can help you develop meaningful, tight bonds with the land; it can sometimes also blinker you to the opportunities. But Wollemi NP’s amazing Capertee Valley helps Ryan Hansen realise there’s more to the Greater Bluies than canyoning.

THE BOGONG DIARIES • A mountain is shaped by family history and personal connections as much as it is shaped by physical forces.

ON THE TRAIL OF THE GAUCHOS • Patagonia may be justly famed for its hiking, climbing, alpinism and just plain old adventure in general, but not so much for mountain biking … yet. If locals have their way, that will change.

THE SPINE OF CORSICA WALKING FRANCE’S EXHILARATING GR20 • All through France, a network of long-distance hiking trails known as Grande Randonnées offers adventurers an incredible array of hiking opportunities. One of the most iconic of them, and arguably the most challenging of all, is Corsica’s GR20.

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