THERE ARE NO KOALAS IN THIS AREA

• HABITAT LOSS IS THE GREATEST PROBLEM FACING KOALAS. Currently the main reason for this is landclearing.
• Australia has one of the highest land clearing rates in the world. 80% of koala habitat has already disappeared.
• Athough koalas themselves are protected by law, around eighty percent of any remaining habitat occurs on privately owned land and almost none of that is protected by legislation.

• THERE ARE NO KOALAS IN THIS AREA

  • HABITAT LOSS IS THE GREATEST PROBLEM FACING KOALAS. Currently the main reason for this is landclearing.
  • Australia has one of the highest land clearing rates in the world. 80% of koala habitat has already disappeared.
  • Athough koalas themselves are protected by law, around eighty percent of any remaining habitat occurs on privately owned land and almost none of that is protected by legislation.
  • The Australian Koala Foundation estimates that as a result of the loss of their habitat, around 4,000 koalas are killed each year by dogs and cars alone.
  • The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) believes that the Australian Government should be responsible for the protection of koala habitat on private land and not leave it up to the present piece-meal approach of each state being responsible.
  • The AKF estimates that there are likely to be less than 115,000 koalas remaining in Australia today. 64% of their habitat has already been lost. This makes it vitally important to save what is left.