Habitat Loss

Removal of habitat is the single biggest threat to the decline of koalas and all other wildlife in this country. The vast majority of this loss of vegetation occurs as a result of urban development, agriculture, mining and the expansion of existing infrastructure.

There is a saying “death by a thousand cuts” where every single eucalypt tree removed may in itself seem insignificant but as this occurs on a daily basis in locations where koalas live, little by little these important trees are gone from a koala’s home range.

An individual adult male coastal koala occupies up to 100 hectares, an area he occupies for life. Koalas live in a social hierarchy with higher ranking animals occupying the best locations and lower ranking koalas occupying lower quality habitats.