It is always the right time to write to our elected representatives to tell them how you feel about an issue you care about.On 10 November, scientists from around Australia met to decide on the Australian Koala Foundation's nomination of the koala as ‘vulnerable' under the EPBC Act, Australia's threatened species legislation. If the Koala is protected then it will mean that all developments in koala habitat will have federal oversight, something that hasn't happened since white settlement 200 years ago.
We urge you to write to the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Environment Minister Peter Garret and demand that they protect our national icon and change the Federal listing of the Koala to "vulnerable to extinction." In the meantime we'd like to sincerely thank everyone who took part in the survey. Obviously the results aren't conclusive but at least they give us an indication as to how the population is standing up to increasing development and loss of habitat. The answer unfortunately is "very badly."
To view a comprehensive list of all the reported sightings please click here. To view a map of the sightings please click here.
There was also a phone in in Redlands. See results here.
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