Summer bushfires slashed koala population by 70 per cent in some northern NSW areas, study finds

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Summer bushfires slashed koala population by 70 per cent in some northern NSW areas, study finds
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Almost three-quarters of the koala population across surveyed northern NSW firegrounds perished during last season's unprecedented bushfires, a new study has found.

Almost three-quarters of the koala population across surveyed northern NSW firegrounds perished during last season's unprecedented bushfires, a new study has found.

"That's why it's so important that national environment laws are strengthened to protect koalas and all threatened species," WWF Australia chief Dermot O'Gorman said in a statement.NSW accepts all 76 recommendations of inquiry into summer bushfires and admits link to climate change Authorities were encouraged to halt logging and other disturbances to unburnt forest canopies in northern NSW until after further koala population assessments.

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