More than 40,000 hectares of koala
habitat in Queensland has disappeared since the state’s land-clearing
controls were weakened, a conservation group says.
WWF Australia has warned the vulnerable
species will continue to decline unless the controls are strengthened as soon
as possible.
The group’s scientist, Dr Martin Taylor,
said his mapping of koala habitat loss illustrated what was a “cruel blow” for
the species.
He said his analysis showed 40,312
hectares of habitat disappeared between the Newman government’s weakening of
land-clearing controls in 2012 and 2014.
“The area is the equivalent of nearly one
million house blocks – gone in just two years,” he said.
“That’s more than 1,300 house blocks per
day of koala habitat being bulldozed.”
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