Koalas are running out of time. Will a $140 million national park save them?
- Written by Christine Hosking, Conservation Planner/Researcher, The University of Queensland
In a historic move, the New South Wales government has announced a Great Koala National Park will be established on the state’s Mid North Coast, in a bid to protect vital koala habitat and stop the species’ sharp decline.
The reserve will combine existing national parks with newly protected state forest areas, to create 476,000 hectares...