Crucial koala habitats lost in mass land clearing in Queensland

More than 40,000 hectares vanished between 2012 and 2014 after former state government weakened land-clearing controls, WWF finds

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.