{"id":7855,"date":"2022-02-12T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=7855"},"modified":"2022-02-14T07:42:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T02:12:48","slug":"koala-now-endangered-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/koala-now-endangered-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Koala now endangered in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"drought-habitat-loss-disease-and-fires-have-all-contributed-to-the-iconic-marsupial-s-population-decline\">Drought, habitat loss, disease, and fires have all contributed to the iconic marsupial&#8217;s population decline<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-02-12T11:42:00+05:30\">12th February 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">The Federal Government of Australia upgraded the status of the Koala from &#8216;Vulnerable&#8217; to <strong>&#8216;Endangered&#8217;<\/strong> on Australia&#8217;s east coast. Environmentalists have long argued to upgrade the Koala&#8217;s conservation status. The status change means the <strong>Koala is now one step closer to extinction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">The ruling comes <strong>barely ten years<\/strong> after koala populations were classified as Vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act in May 2012.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">The iconic marsupial had a startlingly rapid population decline due to the <strong>clearing of their habitats<\/strong> for development and agriculture, widespread <strong>chlamydia infections<\/strong> among adults, which caused infertility and death, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/30\/effects-of-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climate change-related disasters<\/a><\/strong>. The devastating 2019-20 wildfire season added to the burden on koalas, with over 60,000 koalas reported to have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.nsw.gov.au\/lcdocs\/inquiries\/2536\/Koala%20populations%20and%20habitat%20in%20New%20South%20Wales%20-%20Report%203.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> presented to the New South Wales government in June 2020, koalas might become <strong>extinct in the state by 2050<\/strong> <strong>if no further help is provided<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">The Australian government is not required to take any specific action due to the reclassification from vulnerable to endangered. However, they announced adopting a <strong>koala recovery plan <\/strong>prepared by the country&#8217;s environmental department. This plan would contribute to developing <strong>laws to safeguard koalas and their native forest habitats<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Furthermore, last month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the government would devote 50 million Australian dollars ($35.7 million) to koala recovery and conservation initiatives over four years. Environment organizations welcomed the funding but called it a &#8220;drop in the ocean&#8221; if the underlying reasons for the species&#8217; decline were not addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.org.au\/news\/news\/2022\/koala-endangered-listing-is-a-grim-but-important-decision#gs.phw9vj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WWF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drought, habitat loss, disease, and fires have all contributed to the iconic marsupial&#8217;s population decline&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[428,436,426],"class_list":["post-7855","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-428","portfolio-category-february-2022","portfolio-category-newsfeed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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