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
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The Koala Land Report
The objective of this report is to explore ways of creating a sustainable future for koalas on the Koala Coast, South East Queensland, Australia. For the purpose of this report, the Koala Coast includes the local government areas of Moreton, Redland, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Ipswich and Logan. As indicated by its name, this…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
Lesbian koala sex revelation
The animal kingdom is ripe with examples of society’s sex and gender norms being challenged in a range of species. Science has a long history of imposing a human centric filter, ignoring the fluidity and diversity of animal sexuality in the natural world. It appears that koalas can be added to that list, more precisely female koalas in captivity,…read more
Great Koala Count: South Australia’s koala history
Great Koala Count: South Australia’s koala history By Brett Williamson 13 September, 2012 1:46PM ACST In 1984 ABC’s Weekend Magazine program featured a story on the koala population of South Australia detailing the history and current health of the species. Ironically, in 1984, they addressed the same issues the country is still addressing today. The report…read more
Koalas are a dying species
Koalas are a dying species Vani Naidoo | 20th September 2012 6:00 PM ‘Winston’ the koala by Samuel Cardwell YOU can hear the little fella long before you see him, a faint whimper mixes with ragged breathing in the pre-dawn chill. A green B-double thunders by, so close that the breeze it leaves in its wake…read more
Koala protection funds will go quickly with land buys
Koala protection funds will go quickly with $22.5 million allocated over the next three years with much needed land buys across 10 councils in South East Queensland. Land on table for koala refuges Owen Jacques | 15th August 2012 5:29 AM Minister Andrew Powell with India. THE state has put $22.5 million on the table to snap up…read more
Koalas need our help for protection
There are many things communities living near koala populations can do to protect koalas and prevent unnecessary deaths in the wild. Cuddly Koalas need our help for protection 26 Jul, 2012 02:21 PM Koalas mainly sleep during the day, and move from tree to tree during the night to feed. Sightings of Koalas are likely to increase…read more
South East Queensland koala sightings in the wild are becoming rare
It’s a grave sign for koalas and Australian Tourism, when sighting a koala in the wild during mating season makes the news. Koala sighted at Proserpine Dam 26th July 2012 9:40 AM A KOALA up a tree was the last thing Gregory River residents Natalie, Stuart, Josh, Michael and Ryan Lock expected to see on…read more
Gunnedah may hold key to reversing koala decline
Here’s an interestig article looking at one of the few success stories for the embattled koala populations in NSW. Gunnedah may hold key to reversing koala decline BY CARLA AVOLIO | JUNE-26-2012 Home to one of the only growing koala populations in NSW, Gunnedah shows that land restoration can be a win-win. A male koala…read more
Koala headlines: Jennifer Tobey looks beyond the hype
Here’s a great post from Jennifer Tobey at the San Diego Zoo. Jennifer highlights the need to look beyond koala population numbers, towards more telling indicators from studies and research that inform koala conservation efforts. Indicators like the health and robustness of koala populations and the habitats in which they reside. These insights are far more telling than…read more
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