If you cannot save the Koala,
you cannot save anything.
The Koala Manifesto calls for ten key actions that will need to happen to save the Koala, save its habitat, and in turn save thousands of other animals and fundamentally change our relationship with nature. Author Deborah Tabart OAM has headed the Australian Koala Foundation for 33 years and brings her vast experience, passion, and humour to tell the story of the Koala and offer clear and immediate steps we can take to save them and ultimately ourselves. The book is filled with vibrant illustrations that bring the story to life.
The 10 Commandments of
THE KOALA MANIFESTO
call for the Koala Protection Act to be enacted into law immediately,
Why we need this:
22 March 2021
Call for dramatic koala action
25 March 2021
Morrison government’s new environment commissioner ‘toothless’, conservation groups say
18 Feb 2021
Koalas are ‘at risk of extinction’ in many parts of Australia, but we can stop it
11 Feb 2021
Tougher penalties likely for illegal killing of wildlife
6 July 2021
NEFA: National Koala Recovery Plan doomed to fail
17 Jan 2021
Outdated Victorian environment laws failing wildlife: report
US Listing of the Koala as a Threatened Species
10 March 2021
‘Ineffective’ koala policy would exempt 80% of land, NSW planning minister warned
11 Feb 2021
Proposed environment standards fall far short of recommendations
26 Feb 2021
Australian scientists warn urgent action needed to save 19 ‘collapsing’ ecosystems
17 Feb 2021
More than 100 Australian plant species entirely burnt in Black Summer bushfires, study finds
call for a national Koala mapping standard equivalent to the Koala Habitat Atlas,
Why we need this:
16 Dec 2020
Federal Government accused of wasting time and money on koala research instead of saving habitat
Koala Habitat Atlas
30 July 2020
Maps for a Minister
4 Mar 2021
Midcoast Council koala mapping project
Bob’s Map – Koala Population Estimates
call for a moratorium on logging of native forests, & protection of all Koala habitat; better management of plantation forests adjacent to Koala habitats; & cleared farmlands regerated,
Why we need this:
2 Feb 2021
Great Koala National Park would create thousands of jobs, study finds, but at what cost?
23 March 2021
‘We are pro-forestry’: Minister rejects call to enhance threatened species protections
9 Feb 2021
The new green paper sector doesn’t need trees
19 Feb 2021
Deforestation and Mining Increased in Tropically Forested Countries During COVID
18 April 2021
Logging Eden: NSW south coast forestry dominated by potentially illegal wood-chipping
18 May 2021
VicForests conducting more illegal logging and putting Melbourne water catchment at risk, scientists say
10 May 2021
‘The distance from Perth to London’: How a gas company cleared the Kimberley
18 Jan 2021
Forestry Corp sought to ease post-bushfire logging curbs to save jobs
17 Feb 2021
Logging to resume in bushfire-affected forests on NSW south coast despite environmental warning
2 Jul 2020
Land clearing in NSW rises nearly 60% since laws were relaxed
11 Feb 2021
Logging increases bush flammability for 30 years, research shows
26 Nov 2020
‘Timber Mafia’ threatens the future of Romania’s ancient forests
call for a Royal Commission into the industries and individuals who knowingly and wantonly have sought to destroy Koala habitat and kill Koalas,
Why we need this:
10 April 2021
Gas consortium seeks approval to drill 7,700 wells in Queensland, including near national parks
1 Feb 2021
Australia’s weak donation laws allowed $1bn in dark money to go to political parties over two decades
11 Feb 2021
NSW minister Matt Kean’s call for national environment watchdog at odds with federal Coalition
21 Dec 2020
Minister has the power to protect Koala habitat NOW
9 March 2021
Nature concerns spur legal bid against secret national cabinet documents
28 Feb 2021
Centennial Coal mine expansion threatens endangered sites hit by Black Summer mega blaze
22 Jul 2019
Our Precious Planet
call for a Bill of Rights for the Environment that respects the natural world and recognises its dependence on water,
Why we need this:
“This is essential if the Koala and all creatures great and small are to be safe.” – Deborah Tabart OAM
2 June 2021
Scientists propose urgent $824m mission to document Australia’s undiscovered plants and animals
call for all Australian rivers to run free, with dams only used for drinking water and essential purposes,
Why we need this:
3 Sep 2022
The mystery of the Murray-Darling’s vanishing flows
10 Feb 2021
Basin’s new Inspection-General Troy Grant forced to defend previous criticisms of Murray Darling Basin Plan
9 May 2021
‘Like the anti-climate change brigade’: Water scientists under attack
9 Feb 2021
India glacier burst: Rescue workers looking for 171 people feared dead
6 June 2021
A journey down WA’s mighty Martuwarra, raging river and sacred ancestor
21 March 2021
Warragamba Dam overflows for first time in years amid NSW ‘extreme weather event’
28 Feb 2021
‘Insane’: Proposed gold mine to take coal wastewater, dam headwaters
25 Feb 2021
‘World of hurt’: Toxic blooms take over Lower Darling River as dam debate ramps up
call for all rivers & tributaries, to be fenced from stock and that stock routes are repaired and maintained for both industry and biodiversity protection,
Why we need this:
call for all floodplains & riparian areas to be protected by law,
Why we need this:
26 May 2021
Indigenous groups in Murray-Darling Basin fight to have their voices heard over water rights
24 March 2021
Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse
22 Jan 2021
Wetlands have saved $27 billion in storm damage over the past five decades
30 Jan 2019
Respect the Past
5 April 2021
Floodplains aren’t separate to a river — they’re an extension of it
23 Sep 2020
NSW flood-plain harvesting curbed, setting irrigators up for tighter rules
call for all industries to harvest their own water from natural rainfall – not to rely on aquifers or town water
Why we need this:
27 Jan 2021
Is Germany facing a water shortage crisis?
8 Jun 2021
A Lack of Vision
23 Nov 2020
South Australia’s disappearing springs raise questions for miner BHP
23 May 2021
Australia accused of being ‘out-of-step’ on climate as G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal
call for the cancellation of all historic water rights in Australia with existing permit holders to prove their allocation is in the best interest of all Australians,
Why we need this:
11 Feb 2021
Productivity Commission finds Australia’s water policy not up to challenge of climate change, population growth
“In my local community, I know there are 157 historical water licenses. At the time they were issued to grow food (some still do), but by and large, as the area has gentrified, it now keeps lawns green during a drought. This is the case all over Australia and no-one is watching. The plight of the Murray Darling Basin with too much water being extracted, water for sale at exorbitant prices, and water theft, must be stopped in its tracks. This waste of water and the naïve allocation of it as a monetised resource must be revoked. All landholders and permit holders must show their allocation or license for the good of all, e.g., growing food or the like to ensure a sustainable future of Australia.” – Deborah Tabart OAM
11 Feb 2021
Productivity Commission says new Australian water deal must recognise climate change
THE GOOD NEWS
8 April 2021
Bill Mollison’s original permaculture farm to join others in huge NSW-Queensland koala corridor
25 May 2021