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Australia's iconic koala is in serious trouble...

But communities are taking action to safeguard Victorian koala populations through research, surveys and mapping.

Victoria's only endemic species of koala, the Strzelecki Koala, may hold the key to the whole species survival.

But koalas remain at risk from plantation logging, bushfires and habitat loss.


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Koalathon is Happening on March 30 in Melbourne

February 10, 2025

Friends of the Earth's SKAT collective is organising a Koalathon on Sunday March 30.  Participants will be sponsored to walk, run or ride a bike along the Gardiners Creek Trail from Malvern East to Patterson Reserve (next to the Hawthorn velodrome) and return. The return course...

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Please take part in these surveys to help Reserve Mullungdung and Won Wron State Forests

January 02, 2025

Over the past three years SKAT had determined that Mullungdung and Won Wrote State Forests are the key to ensure the long term viability of the Strzelecki koala population. There are also two very critical government surveys that we need people to complete before...

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Hancock Victorian Plantations take council to VCAT to keep forest plans secret.

October 24, 2024

Local conservation group, Gippsland Forest Guardians (GFG) are calling on Hancock Victorian Plantations Pty Ltd (HVP) to be open and transparent with their plans for forestry on our Crown land. Under Freedom of Information laws the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner decided in...

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Strzelecki Koala map

Check it out to see the spread of Victorias endemic koala population!
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