Koala listed as endangered after Australian governments fail to halt its decline
by Lisa Cox from on (#5W0KA)
No recovery plan for the Australian marsupial was in place despite it being identified as a requirement nine years ago
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The Australian government has officially listed the koala as endangered after a decline in its numbers due to land clearing and catastrophic bushfires shrinking its habitat.
The environment minister, Sussan Ley, accepted the recommendation of the threatened species scientific committee that the koala populations of Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory should have their conservation status upgraded.
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