Koala experts say vegetation laws won't save koalas, collaboration is needed

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated January 25 2018 - 11:32am, first published 7:00am
Cars and chlamydia were the major cause of a rise in koala deaths from 1997 to 2013 in south-east Queensland. Urban development is also a major threat to koalas.
Cars and chlamydia were the major cause of a rise in koala deaths from 1997 to 2013 in south-east Queensland. Urban development is also a major threat to koalas.

KOALA experts say stronger land clearing laws will do little towards preserving koala populations due to inaccurate mapping data and a lack of balanced cleared and timbered land. 

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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