#koalas — Public Fediverse posts

"The koala population
in the Burbank bushland (south-east Queensland) ...has suffered massive losses in the past 20-30 years."

"...Those little ones cross roads, walk into backyards with dogs or trip into swimming pools … we've had all of those types of koalas rescued..."

Strapping tracking collars around their necks and buzzing the marsupial with thermal drones will now help monitor the sprawling urbanisation, cars and dogs?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-25/tracking-collars-monitor-qld-koala-populations/106938890
#koalas #wildlife #HabitatFragmentation #Burbank #SEQueensland #greenbelt #GofetchMyData #dogs #pets #roads #conservation #telemetry

Save The Koala Day .

#savethekoalas #koalasofinstagram #koala #koalababy #koalalove #babykoala #koalalife #koalarescue #koalafreak #koalas #koalafanworld #koalabear #koalabears #australia #savethekoala #australiananimals #koalagang #animals #koalasgram #wildlife #australiankoalafoundation #animal #koalapark #animallovers #australianwildlife #koalachallenge #koalasanctuary #cute #nature #cutekoala

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/save-the-koala-day/

Monetising the great koala national park

"The government estimates the park’s value as a tourism destination will generate an extra $163m for the state’s economy over two decades. The native logging division of NSW Forestry Corporation has run at a loss for several years...The Minns government on Sunday revealed the proposed outlines of the park, fulfilling its 2023 election commitment...A moratorium on logging within its boundaries begins on Monday."
End native forest logging across NSW. Recognise remnant flora and fauna in 'plantations'.
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/08/minns-140m-great-koala-national-park-regional-towns-coalition-nsw
#biodiversity #wildlife #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #ecosystems #value #nature #commodification #NSWLogging #FailedAssets #FCNSW #StrandedAssets #MidNorthCoast #deforestation #plantations #extractivism #CashCow #ExtinctionCrisis

Image: Anthropomorphic image of a koala unboxing the cornucopia of a tourist park.

Nach einem Brand im Budj-Bim-Nationalpark ließ die Regierung von #Victoria in #Australien 700 #Koalas aus der Luft töten.

Begründet wurde dies als Akt der #Barmherzigkeit wegen schwerer Verletzungen und fehlender Nahrung.

#Tierschützer kritisieren die Maßnahme als intransparent und grausam. Angesichts der ohnehin bedrohten #Koalabestände sorgt der Vorfall international für Empörung.

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/australien-regierung-nach-toetung-von-700-koalas-in-der-kritik-a-2eb585db-ce8d-4232-806f-017feedc8f74

#Australien #Tierwohl #Waldbrand #Wildtierschutz #Koalabestand #Umweltschutz

#Australia sacrifica con #francotiradores desde #helicópteros a 750 #koalas afectados por un #incendio https://elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2025-04-23/australia-sacrifica-con-francotiradores-desde-helicopteros-a-750-koalas-afectados-por-un-incendio.html

@pixelpusher220 #quokkas are definitely top of #straya's cute range :awesome: :blobcat_hearthug: but #wombats are actually cuddly, unlike #koalas and their close cousin the #dropbear 😁 @KingShawn

Do you like animals? Morning at the perthzoo. I only had one free morning in Perth, so I went to the Zoo since my youngest LOVES animals and wants me to send back as many pics as I can take. A kind docent named Rose took me on the Aussie Bush Walk & dropped copious knowledge. Big fun & big learning. #Quokkas #Kangaroos #Wallabies #Numbats #Cassowary #Emus #Koalas #Perth #Travel #Australia #Zoo #Animals https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLk1xUpo/

Private landholders control 60% of the Australian continent.
Many of Australia’s ecosystems are severely degraded.
Only 22% of Australia’s landmass is currently protected.

"About 60% of the continent is owned or managed privately – and 70% to 90% of inadequately protected wildlife is found mostly on such land, which includes farms, pastoral leases and mines."

"Through what legal mechanism can private landholders be engaged in biodiversity conservation? A conservation covenant is a legally binding commitment landholders make to restrict how their property is used."

"Existing covenants are generally used to protect high-value conservation land where ecosystems are healthy. Rarely are they used on degraded land needing restoration, such as overgrazed paddocks or former mining."
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https://theconversation.com/private-landholders-control-60-of-the-australian-continent-so-lets-get-them-involved-in-nature-protection-217450
#PrivateLandholders #degradation #mining #overgrazing #ConservationCovenant #NaturePositive #30x30 #nature #wildlife #koalas #Refuges #NatureRepair #restoration #conservation #biodiversity #climate

Stop doing harm
"Ban politicians from posing with captive native animals until Australia's extinction crisis is reversed. Australia is the only first-world nation in the top 10 deforestation hotspots."

"Another area of contention are Australia’s Regional Forest Agreements, which essentially prevent the Commonwealth from interfering in the states’ native forest logging operations."

"The answer to protecting koalas is simple. Stop doing the harm. Stop approving new coal mines. Stop subsiding gas expansion. Stop native forest logging. Stop making excuses,” Polly Hemming, Australia Institute
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/environment-ministers-koala-photo-op-sparks-surprise-backlash-020216809.html
#NativeForests #RegionalForestAgreements #deforestation #koalas #wildlife #posers #ExtinctionCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency

And then the koalas just vanished...
Speeding cars, road designs, roaming dogs and disease are the biggest koala killers.
Logging and sprawl should also be added to the list of extinction makers

"A database tracking hospital admissions and deaths reveals the devastating impact cars, disease and dogs are having on the South East Queensland koala population"
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"In the five years between 2009 and 2014, 52% of reported wild koala deaths were caused by car strike, 34% were from a chlamydia-related disease and 14% were because of a dog attack.

"This equates to 1,431 koala deaths from a car strike, 943 chlamydia-related deaths, and 395 dog attack deaths in just five years."

"Remember that these deaths were just the reported cases, so the real numbers would be significantly higher."
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-cars-chlamydia-canines-biggest-koala.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40827-w
Ravi Bandara Dissanayake et al, Anthropogenic and environmental factors associated with koala deaths due to dog attacks and vehicle collisions in South-East Queensland, Australia, 2009–2013, Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40827-w
#dogs #pets #dogAttacks #Mauling #cars #speeding #roads #RoadDesign #HabitatFragmentation #koalas #wildlife #IndustrialLogging #Bellingen #ThreatenedSpecies #IntroducedSpecies #sprawl #biodiversity #conservation #extinction makers

Apparently we should do #introductions with lots of #hashtags so here I go. I love emojis 👍😁 I am a #conservation #conservationecologist specialising in #threatenedspecies #threatenedecologicalcommunities

with a recent focus again on 🐨🐨🐨🐨 #koalas #koalarescue #koalaresearch #koalaeducation #koalaadvocacy 🙏🐨💖🤗 I live with an amazing #population of 🐨🐨🐨 #BallinasKoalas who you will get to meet, along with #RichmondValleyKoalas & #SouthEastLismoreKoalas

This all means I love to study and understand all the #interactions within and between species 🐨🦘🦉🦅🐍🐸🪲🦇🐀🐢🐬🐋🐳🦭🐟🦀🐞🐝🐜🐛🦋🐌🦗🕷🌺🌸🌻🌼🌳🌲🌾🌿 and with their #environment 🌏☀️🌡💧🔥🌧🌩 my favourite topics are #populationecology from colonies/cells to #evolution #coevolution #evolution #genetics #fireecology #diseasemanagement #threatmanagement #reproductiveecology #demographics #climatechange #climateaction #adaptation #plasticity all the things that determine whether a species will persist or become #extinct

I support #FirstNations People and 💖 working on Country with #TraditionalOwners #sharingknowledge 🖤❤💛

I have two Jug #dogs Eli and Miss Angie - Jack Russell x Pug 🥰💕 At the moment we are #floodrefugees living in a camper-trailer in Northern NSW.

Look forward to exploring and sharing ideas and thoughts 🥰 meeting new people & catching up with those who left Twitter 😁