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Koalas are easy to identify, but really hard to spot. To help conserve the species, citizen science is being used on a national scale for the first time to collect important information on koala numbers, habitat and health.
It’s estimated up to three billion animals were killed or displaced during the 2019 Black Summer bushfires. Now, ecologists fear for the survival of endangered species ahead of what’s predicted to be the most severe bushfire season since.
Victoria’s state-owned logging business is on the verge of being absorbed into other areas after the state government reclassified it and announced a review.
The Maryvale Paper Mill in the Latrobe Valley is one of the few remaining buyers of Victoria’s native timber. Without it, native forest logging in the state could be over sooner than expected.
State-owned logging agency VicForests has recorded an unprecedented $52.4-million-dollar financial loss this year, which it blamed on the costs of multiple court cases brought against it by community environment groups.