Saving the Far South Coast’s koalas; impacts on logging

Updated August 9 2012 - 5:53pm, first published May 16 2012 - 12:21am
KOALA EXCLUSION: Logging will no longer be allowed within these red koala protections zones inside the Bermagui, Murrah and Mumbulla state forests.
KOALA EXCLUSION: Logging will no longer be allowed within these red koala protections zones inside the Bermagui, Murrah and Mumbulla state forests.
KOALA SURVEY: A band of volunteers search for evidence of Koala activity as part of a survey of Kooraban and Gulaga national parks on the Far South Coast.
KOALA SURVEY: A band of volunteers search for evidence of Koala activity as part of a survey of Kooraban and Gulaga national parks on the Far South Coast.
KOALA EVIDENCE: National Parks scientists have only recently confirmed for the first time, using remote, movement sensitive cameras, that koalas on the Monaro tablelands are chewing bark, possibly in a bid to supplement their diet in a nutrient poor landscape. Photo by Chris Allen
KOALA EVIDENCE: National Parks scientists have only recently confirmed for the first time, using remote, movement sensitive cameras, that koalas on the Monaro tablelands are chewing bark, possibly in a bid to supplement their diet in a nutrient poor landscape. Photo by Chris Allen

TWO projects aimed at protecting remnant koala populations in south coast forests, worth more than $4.7 million, have been dismissed as “not good enough” by conservation groups and The Greens.

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