WWF report of 'likely' 100 per cent loss of koalas in Kiwarrak misleading

Julia Driscoll
Updated September 24 2020 - 12:56pm, first published September 23 2020 - 6:00pm
Evidence: Eight healthy koalas were spotted in the Kiwarrak State Forest fireground not long after the Hillville Road bushfires tore through the forest. The photo on the left is of a mother and baby. Photos: Bronwyn Ellis
Evidence: Eight healthy koalas were spotted in the Kiwarrak State Forest fireground not long after the Hillville Road bushfires tore through the forest. The photo on the left is of a mother and baby. Photos: Bronwyn Ellis

A report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature - Australia (WWF) is misleading in saying there was likely 100 per cent loss of koala populations in Kiwarrak State Forest, on the Mid Coast of NSW, after the Hillville bushfire ravaged the area in November 2019.

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Julia Driscoll

Julia Driscoll

Journalist

Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.

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