Focus on dogs in fight to save koalas March 10, 2013 - Nina Karnikowski - Travel Writer Koala care: The Koala Hospital at Port Macquarie where volunteers work to treat injured and sick koalas before returning them to the wild. Photo: Ben Rushton Dog training is the latest desperate measure in the battle to protect Australia’s endangered…read more
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Scientific questions simmer over koala plot data
A long-running issue relating to the reliability of vegetation data is causing major tensions in North Hawks Nest. Planners, landowners and even scientists are now in dispute over the location of missing plots of feed trees in an undeveloped area of core koala habitat. QUESTIONS FOR ECO-PRO/ KHAALYD BROWN 3 concerned scientists, Graeme Wells, Anthony…read more
Caring for your koala – It’s time for property developers to chip in
Some very important comments from author, columnist and former Hawke government minister Barry Cohen. Caring for your koala – It’s time for property developers to chip in Barry Cohen – 2 March 2013 Most Australians are unaware that the 31st President of the United States of America, Herbert Hoover, was also the patron…read more
Climate scientists predict global warming to threaten Australian wildlife and rare species
Global warming to threaten Australian wildlife By environment reporter Sarah Clarke Updated 3 hours 52 minutes ago What effect will climate change have on Australia’s animal and plant species? This is the fourth of a five-part series in which environment reporter Sarah Clarke sets out to provide answers. PHOTO: Native animals like koalas often stand little chance against the severity…read more
Report Preview: 80% of koala habitat has been cleared for farms and houses.
Image courtesy of Mark Gerada The Koala Coast koala populations dropped by 68% in the ten years leading up to 2008. According to the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s Koala Coast Koala Population Report 2010, a comprehensive survey of the koala population showed that it dropped by more than 50% between 2005 and 2008. Koala…read more
30 sick and dead koalas in Maryborough
Group reports 30 sick and dead koalas in Maryborough Mat Nott - 6th Jan 2013 5:58 PM Almost 30 sick or dead koalas have been found on the outskirts of Maryborough in the past six weeks. Image: Blainey Woodham THE fight for koalas to survive in the modern day continued over the weekend when an activist group…read more
Report Preview: Plant koala food trees in your neighbourhood
Image courtesy of Mark Gerada Australia has more than 700 species of eucalyptus. Of these, koalas can eat only approximately 25 species. The species that koalas select in one area may be totally different from those that koalas select elsewhere. Koalas will not use young trees for food. Generally, for a koala to select a tree as…read more
Report Preview : Lock Dogs Up At Night
Image Source : Mark Gerada The Koala Coast koala populations dropped by 68% in the ten years leading up to 2008. According to the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s Koala Coast Koala Population Report 2010, a comprehensive survey of the koala population showed that it dropped by more than 50% between 2005 and…read more
Ask Minister Burke to protect Leard Forest’s koalas, reject Maules Creek mine
Ask Minister Burke to protect Leard Forest’s koalas, reject Maules Creek mine 13 Nov 2012 | Lee Rhiannon The NSW Government’s Planning and Assessment Commission has given the go-ahead for the Maules Creek coal mine in North West NSW, which threatens to destroy forever precious koala habitat in Leard Forest. Even though the area is mapped as…read more
Great Koala Count: Smart phone app
Great Koala Count: Smart phone app 11 October, 2012 9:31AM ACDT You can log the time and location of any koalas spotted in our Great Koala Count through the CSIRO smart phone app. Professor of Urban Ecology Chris Daniels and CSIRO research scientist Andrew Baker explain the Great Koala Count smart phone app, where to…read more
Koalas stripping manna gums in Cape Otway to be relocated
Koalas destroying Cape Otway manna gums Updated Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:52pm AEDT PHOTO: Dr Whisson says it would be impossible to move the koalas. (ABC News) MAP: Apollo Bay 3233 There are concerns about the destruction of native manna gums by koalas at Cape Otway. Researchers say there are as many as 18 koalas…read more
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