Draft National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy 2009-2014
National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy Steering Committee
Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
June 2009
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About the strategy
The koala is an important part of Australia's natural and cultural heritage. The koala is suffering declines in some parts of Australia and management issues vary significantly from region to region. There is a clear need for a strategic approach to the conservation and management of koalas to maximise the effectiveness of conservation efforts.
The first National Koala Conservation Strategy was released in 1998, aiming to conserve koalas by retaining viable populations in the wild throughout their natural range. In 2006 the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council agreed to review the strategy. The full results of that review can be found here: Review of Progress in Implementing the 1998 National Koala Conservation Strategy. The principal finding of the review was that that the aims and objectives of the strategy were sound, but they were not implemented effectively.
This strategy is now being revised by the National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy Steering Committee on behalf of the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council.
The Steering Committee has prepared a draft in consultation with a number of koala researchers and managers, in order to provide a basis for consultation with stakeholders and the general public. Its contents are indicative only, and will be further revised and developed following deliberation about responses received in this consultation period. Objectives and actions outlined in the draft require further consideration of their extent, timing, priority and costs, all of which will be informed by public comment. The contents of this draft do not necessarily reflect the views of individual members of the Steering Committee or of the NRM Ministerial Council.
Following further revision, the NRM Ministerial Council will consider a revised draft of this Strategy.
The public consultation period is now closed.
See also:
- Review of Progress in Implementing the 1998 National Koala Conservation Strategy
- National Koala Conservation Strategy 1998
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