Tag: conservation
Koalas Losing Habitat Quickly
Koala Bear, originally uploaded by cewoldt.
BULLDOZERS rolled in to some of the last remaining koala habitats on the South Coast yesterday, marking the start of what police fear could be a divisive logging operation.
After reading yesterday that we made up some ground in this fight for suitable habitat areas with the 1200 fodder tree [...]
Posted: November 8th, 2008 under Habitat, Habitat Loss, Logging, conservation, koala.
Tags: Australia, conservation, koala, koala habitat loss, koalas losing habitat, trees bulldozed
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Koalas ARE in danger
Conservationists take Federal Environment Minister of Australia, Peter Garrett, to task on his campaign promises of ensuring the koala would be protected through legislation. As with many politicians it would seem, so far, Mr. Garrett is all talk and no action. There has been no new legisilation presented or adopted to protect the koala since [...]
Posted: September 27th, 2008 under Australian Koala Foundation, Federal Environment Minister, News, Peter Garrett, conservation, koala.
Tags: Australian Koala Foundation, campaign, conservation, koalas, legislation, marsupial, Peter Garrett
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September is SAVE THE KOALA MONTH
The AKF runs an annual fund raising campaign called Save the Koala Month each September. Save the Koala Day is held on the last Friday of that month. People from all over the world are encouraged to help sell Save the Koala Month merchandise such as temporary tattoos, stickers and badges, whether as individuals, businesses [...]
Posted: September 20th, 2008 under Australian Koala Foundation, Interesting Fact, Save the Koala Month, conservation, koala.
Tags: conservation, koala, Save the Koala Month
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