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Australia: NSW koala habitat lost as land clearing continues: 'It would take the army to police these blokes'
2016-08-10 12:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: For the past five years, Alaine Anderson has watched with horror as great swathes of koala-friendly woodlands in their region of northern NSW have been smashed by bulldozers and then torched in bonfires. "We don't have much time to tell the truth," the 63-year-old farmer and grandmother said during a recent visit to her property at Croppa Creek. The extent of wide-scale land clearing across NSW is revealed in the new documentary, Cultivating Murder. Time is indeed short, with the latest figures...
Australia: Court rules Shenhua may destroy koala habitat for huge coalmine
2016-02-19 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The proposed $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine in New South Wales has been given the go-ahead to destroy the habitat of 262 koalas, which will be moved to another location if the mine goes ahead. The decision was handed down by the NSW land and environment court on Friday in a case brought by local environment group Upper Mooki Landcare against Shenhua Watermark Coal and the NSW Minister for Planning. The environmentalists argued the Planning Assessment Commission failed to assess whether the population...
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Is this the world's luckiest koala?
2015-09-24 15:23:02| Real Estate - Topix.net
A koala dubbed "Bear Grylls" is due to be released back into the wild in South Australia after it miraculously survived being hit by a car traveling along a highway. Named after British adventurer and TV personality, Michael "Bear" Grylls, the koala ended up safely wedged in the car's grille and remained stuck there for the 10 to 15-minute trip until the driver returned home.
Australia: The Clock Is Ticking on Koala Conservation
2013-04-30 10:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Australia's iconic marsupial is under threat. Formerly hunted almost to extinction for their woolly coats, koalas are now struggling to survive as habitat destruction caused by droughts and bushfires, land clearing for agriculture and logging, and mining and urban development conspire against this cuddly creature. In the past 20 years, the koala population has significantly declined, dropping by 40 percent in the state of Queensland and by a third in New South Wales (NSW). The Australian Koala...
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Koala iPad mount lets you stick it to your bathroom
2013-03-20 19:02:24| CNET News.com
The removable Koala iPad wall mount promises to leave your walls in good condition while letting you stick your tablet just about anywhere, even the loo. [Read more]
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