Join our biggest fight for a species ever as we Regenerate Australia
Last year we experienced the worst bushfire disaster in Australian history, fuelled by consecutive record-breaking summers and severe drought. These catastrophic summer bushfires impacted more than 3 billion animals - among them over 6,000 koalas that sadly perished in the flames in NSW alone. Some of our last remaining populations are now officially extinct.
Koalas were already clinging to survival before these fires - but WWF-Australia is determined to turn this tragedy around. Koalas Forever aims to DOUBLE koala numbers across eastern Australia by 2050 by ensuring that koalas are not only protected and have safe habitat, but that populations are healthy and truly thriving too.
Donate today to show that extinction is not an option.
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It starts with Koalas Forever
'Koalas Forever' is one of our first Regenerate Australia priority programs, launching with an ambitious goal - to double koala numbers along our east coast by 2050 and, in doing so, pull the precious populations we have left back from the brink.
By working together, we can turn the tide for koalas, benefit other priority species impacted by the fires and regenerate and protect key habitat areas.
Your donation today will help kick-off our Koalas Forever program, starting with top priority actions to:
- Protect the Richmond Valley Koala Triangle population - one of our most genetically diverse and resilient koala populations on the northeast coast of NSW - giving our koalas here the long-term stability they so desperately need.
- Create new koala corridors by planting 200,000 koala trees in the Richmond Valley, connecting pockets of isolated koalas to ensure their best chance of survival.
This is just the beginning of the impact you'll have for our koalas. Future stages will include:
- Significantly increasing the capacity of wildlife carers and medical facilities, so injured koalas can get urgent treatment and the care to go swiftly back in the wild.
- Working with landowners to create a network of koala sanctuaries - safe refuges for koalas in core habitat on private lands.
- Using advanced tracking and monitoring systems to closely protect our remaining precious animals.
This is a turning point for koalas. We've lost a lot, but we haven't lost them all yet. It's not too late. Together we can tackle the koala extinction crisis head-on, to save as many vital koalas as we can, and to double their numbers by 2050.
