Koala policy should back landholders

By Jamie Brown
Updated September 10 2020 - 12:36pm, first published September 9 2020 - 12:00pm
New state legislation aimed at helping the koala through land use reform, will have miniscule impact on private native forestry and crown reserve logging, argues wildlife ecologist Steve Phillips. But be warned - the Aussie icon faces extinction under current primary production practice.
New state legislation aimed at helping the koala through land use reform, will have miniscule impact on private native forestry and crown reserve logging, argues wildlife ecologist Steve Phillips. But be warned - the Aussie icon faces extinction under current primary production practice.

In a week when the Federal lower house voted to to push environmental responsibility onto the states, NSW Farmers has called on the premier to partner with farmers to help save koalas, rather than impose a big legislative stick.

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