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Koalas may be extinct in 30 years
November 11, 2009, Wednesday
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AUSTRALIA'S koala population has had a sharp decline because of development, bushfires and global warming, and could become extinct, researchers said yesterday.
Mainland Australia had 43,000 to 80,000 wild koalas, well under previous estimates of more than 100,000, with the animals facing possible extinction in about 30 years, the Australian Koala Foundation said.
"The koalas are missing everywhere we look," foundation Chief Executive Deborah Tabart said. "It's really no tree, no me. If you keep cutting down tees you don't have any koalas."
Tabart and fellow researchers are urging the government to declare the koala a threatened species and ensure more protection of koala habitats. The foundation collected data from 1,800 field sites and 80,000 specific trees.
Koalas live in eucalypt forests in east and south Australia.
Mainland Australia had 43,000 to 80,000 wild koalas, well under previous estimates of more than 100,000, with the animals facing possible extinction in about 30 years, the Australian Koala Foundation said.
"The koalas are missing everywhere we look," foundation Chief Executive Deborah Tabart said. "It's really no tree, no me. If you keep cutting down tees you don't have any koalas."
Tabart and fellow researchers are urging the government to declare the koala a threatened species and ensure more protection of koala habitats. The foundation collected data from 1,800 field sites and 80,000 specific trees.
Koalas live in eucalypt forests in east and south Australia.
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