Australia is driving the koala to extinction
"The deep dive shows the mining industry has been the biggest approved clearer of koala habitat since the koala was added to the threatened species list in 2012."
"Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, proponents behind new projects must examine if any threatened species are present in their development area."
"Since the koala was added to the national threatened species list in 2012, 126 projects considered to have significant impacts on koalas were approved in NSW, Queensland and the ACT...Almost 34,000 hectares of habitat was approved for clearing, across several different industries."
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