![Kakadu National Park. Image: Thomas Schoch [CC-BY-SA-2.5], via Wikimedia Commons](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Yello_Water_Kakadu_National_Park_Australia.jpg)
Kakadu National Park. Image: Thomas Schoch [CC-BY-SA-2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
National parks on land and in the ocean are dying a death of a thousand cuts, in the form of bullets, hooks, hotels, logging concessions and grazing licences. It’s been an extraordinary last few months, with various governments in eastern states proposing new uses for these critically important areas.
