The Sydney surburban sprawl that’s a death zone for koalas
video >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/the-sydney-surburban-sprawl-that%E2%80%99s-a-death-zone/105169238
#koalas #Biodiversity #sprawl #roads #trauma #cars #RoadTrauma #Sydney #NSW #extinction #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety #thylacines

The Sydney surburban sprawl that’s a death zone for koalas
video >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/the-sydney-surburban-sprawl-that%E2%80%99s-a-death-zone/105169238
#koalas #Biodiversity #sprawl #roads #trauma #cars #RoadTrauma #Sydney #NSW #extinction #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety #thylacines

Once you could hear the sound of koalas -
"all you hear is trucks now..."

Destruction of koala habitat through sprawl, roads and dogs

"Almost 2m hectares of forests suitable for koalas have been destroyed since 2011. They are one of more than 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2025/apr/12/endangered-koalas-and-the-ecologist-documenting-their-extinction-video
#Biodiversity #koalas #conservation #NSW #Bellingen #roads #vehicles #pets #thylacines #extinction #destruction #Australia

Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction – video https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2025/apr/12/endangered-koalas-and-the-ecologist-documenting-their-extinction-video #Australia #EndangeredSpecies #koalas #Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

"Over the past decade, more than 550 Australian species have been either newly recognised as at risk of extinction or moved a step closer to being erased from the planet."

"Analysis shows 1,964,200 hectares of koala habitat was cleared between 2012 and 2021 – 81% of that in Queensland."

"Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since European invasion and colonisation – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity. The challenge is not only to stop the loss of habitat but to restore the environment in places it has been lost in 250 years of European-driven clearing."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/07/australia-is-in-an-extinction-crisis-why-isnt-it-an-issue-at-this-election
#biodiversity #ecosystems #loss #nature #wildlife #koalas #care #biosphere #laws #deforestation #extractivism #SettlerSociety #destruction #extinction #pollution #sprawl #housing #governance #ExtinctionCrisis #FossilFuels

Why do salmon eaters don’t care about Australian threatened species?

“Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinctions in the world … The only way to protect the hundreds of threatened Australian forest species is to end native forest logging....The Maugean skate is very much at the forefront of the zero extinction target."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/29/why-does-leonardo-dicaprio-care-so-much-about-australian-wildlife
#Conservation #extinctions #Biodiversity #laws #Skate #MaugeanSkate #salmon #food #NSWLogging #koalas #OpenNetPens #SeaBased #Fish #farms #pollution

Koala filmed drinking on a rural road had to be euthanised

"Koalas that come down to the ground to seek out water are typically suffering from bad health issues. The iconic animal was recently spotted by a driver hovering over the ground and using its tongue to lick moisture off the bitumen."
https://au.news.yahoo.com/grim-truth-behind-seemingly-innocent-sight-on-rural-road-didnt-realise-061349467.html
#koalas #roads #drivers #vehicle #Biodiversity #habitat

hello in the night. fell asleep early with molly my steiff koala. she was a gift from a friend. #sleeping #koalas #steiff #plushies

Chlamydia detected in Sydney’s only disease-free koala population

"The koalas were tested after they were found in Appin in south-western Sydney in September with injuries suggesting they had both been hit by cars." >>

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/20/chlamydia-detected-in-sydneys-only-disease-free-koala-population
#Koalas #roads #cars #Sydney #AppinRoad #roadtrauma

Koala! Go fetch our data!

An underweight koala, with several high-tech monitoring devices attached to its body is lost in a bulldozed habitat. It is making way for cars and a highway. The endangered animal had " a collar with a VHF tracker around its neck, a pin stitched between its shoulder blades and a blue tag on its ear."
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/koala-wearing-mysterious-devices-on-busy-road-sparks-concern-whats-going-on-062151602.html
#biodiversity #koalas #wildlife #harassment #mobility #roads #cars #telemetry #ethics #science #monitoring #tracking #conservation #MobilityDesign #LogisticsWarehouse #VegetationClearing #machines

Greater gliders' spectacular recovery after bushfires https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/greater-glider-population-booms-after-blue-mountain-bushfires/105003914

"Endangered #GreaterGliders in part of the southern #BlueMountains have made a spectacular recovery after the black summer #bushfires in 2019-20... the #marsupials' numbers are 45% higher than were before the fires began in 2019... Greater gliders are like #koalas. They feed exclusively on #eucalypt foliage... there's been a lot of new eucalypt foliage for them to feed on"

One-way koala "escape doors" to extinction
"Smart" signs for car brains

Koala deaths from car strikes doubled in 2024 on Appin Road. "Overall we are seeing basically a doubling of koala strike deaths in south-west Sydney over the last two years."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/ai-protect-koalas-hit-vehicles-south-west-sydney-roads/105036066
#biodiversity #koalas #wildlife #cars #Sydney #extinction

Continuing the trajectory towards extinction...

"Greenpeace chief executive David Ritter said Australia was a global deforestation and extinction hot spot.The declaration of a Great Koala National Park that addresses our deforestation and extinction crises is long overdue."
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https://canberratimes.com.au/story/8908383/fears-of-reduction-in-promised-koala-park-coming-soon/
#BiodiversityCrisis #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #extinction #NSWLogging #FCNSW #Australia #extractivism

'Plantation' logging is native forest logging in koala habitat

Tuckers Nob Compartment 017 >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTwM15WrJpg
#LoggingImpacts #destruction #NSWLogging #FCNSW #koalas #biodiversity #rainforest #The #GreatKoalaNationalPark #SaveTuckersNob

"The inherited pro-extinction settings remain – bugger the country."

"If the majority of the community – by definition, the political centre – is resolutely against the destruction of the natural world, why is our political and regulatory system stuck on the “kill” setting?"

" We have the ignominious distinction of having among the highest rates of deforestation and species extinction in the world. Even the koala is listed as endangered in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory."
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https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/topic/environment/2025/02/22/wa-must-not-dictate-nature-policy#mtr
#extinction #lobby #extractivism #ResourceFrontiers #WA #ecocide #Biodiversity #koalas #ecosystems #collapse #FossilFuels #NatureNegative #destruction

Witness this adorable scene of a joey koala holding tight to its mom, curiously peeking at the world from a tree branch.

For more adorable baby koala moments, watch here :
https://TPC8.short.gy/9WpTYosq

Documentation of the systematic destruction of Tuckers Nob forests

"Presentation for Friends of Tuckers Nob on the history and significance of Tuckers Nob State Forest and why it must be included in the NSW Government's proposed 'Great' Koala National Park. Based on a recent preliminary report submitted to government, showing the original forest and koala sightings, with a list of moratorium areas (including Tuckers). All the most recent developments, bringing the viewer up to date. This is why we need a #GreaterKoalaPark, with no logging."

The video has a link to the report containing the results (maps) of the investigations by Dr Tim Cadman and local community-based citizen scientists:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKZvVjG_XvM
#ResourceFrontiers #extractivism #biodiversity #ecocide #koalas #NativeForests #rainforest #BellingenLogging #clearfelling #NSWLogging #Bellingen #community #trauma #harm #moratorium #FCNSW #plantation #conversion #annexation #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #SaveTuckersNob #bushfire #risk