Koalas in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) could become extinct by 2050 unless the government immediately intervenes.
A prolonged, drought-fuelled bushfire season was also devastating for koalas.SYDNEY - Koalas in the Australian state of New South Wales could become extinct by 2050 unless the government immediately intervenes to protect them and their habitat, a parliamentary inquiry determined after a year-long inquiry.
A prolonged, drought-fuelled bushfire season that ended early this year was also devastating for the animals, destroying about a quarter of their habitat across the state, and in some parts up to 81 percent."The only way our children's grandchildren will see a koala in the wild in NSW will be if the government acts upon the committee's recommendations."
But it stopped short of unanimously recommending a moratorium on logging in public native forests, it said.
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