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An Australian state promised to turn native forest into a national koala park. It’s still being logged
The idea behind the Great Koala National Park, or GKNP, is to stitch together the 140,000 hectares (346,000 acres) of national parks and 175,000 hectares (432,000 acres) of state forest into a ...
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Koala Feed Tree Giveaway Kicks Off On Eucalypt Day
Forestry Corporation is pleased to partner with Koala Conservation Australia in launching the annual koala tree giveaway on the Mid North Coast.The ...
Shock support for controversial koala park
A controversial project that could transform swathes of one Australian state forever has “overwhelming support”, new polling ...
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How dogs sniffing out poop could help to save koalas
When Max discovers koala droppings, he lays down with the find ... in the hopes of influencing the state government’s decision around what forest will be protected. Nesbitt says that groups ...
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Koala park delay prompts fear Labor has folded to logging industry
NSW Forestry Corp said this was an overestimate. A logging site in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, part of the assessment area for the Great Koala National Park.Credit: Janie Barrett “I find it ...
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Firefighter Gives Koala a Drink While Fires Continue to Rage in South Australia
The thirsty koala gladly drank the bottled water as a ... According to the North East Forest Alliance, more than 2,000 total koalas — which aren’t fast enough to flee burning environments ...