The $50 million in funding is pledged to come over the next four years. It is additional to $24 million announced previously by the government for koalas since 2019. | Mike Foley Auspol Koalas
Koala conservation funding is set to be boosted with a $50 million commitment from the federal government for habitat restoration, population monitoring and research into animal health.
of NSW koalas – about 10,000 animals – perished in the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires and the preceding drought. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the investment would “enhance the protection of koalas by restoring koala habitat, improving our understanding of koala populations, supporting training in koala treatment and care, and strengthening research into koala health outcomes”.
“More than 3200 vets and veterinary nurses have received specialist bushfire trauma training, with new programs to be funded as we continue to work with major zoos.”Environmental groups are critical of the rate and scale of land clearing in koala habitat, arguing it continues at dangerous levels despite habitat loss being recognised as one of the two biggest extinction threats for native animals, along with feral predators.
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