The supposed scientific basis that has justified native forest logging in critical koala habitat for too long has now finally been completely discredited.
Ground-breaking research by Dr Andrew Smith and John Pile has shown that the Forestry Corporation’s methodologies, used to suggest logging does not harm koalas, rely on counting male mating calls that at best weakly correlate with actual population numbers and health, if they correlate at all.
The reality is obvious and no surprise to experts, citizen scientists and those connected to nature - unique wildlife thrives in healthy functioning ecosystems. Koala communities need an abundance of varied and healthy mature vegetation so mating females have the best chance at successfully rearing joeys.
This means that every single mature tree removed from koala habitat threatens every koala that relies upon it.
Under the junk science of the National Party and the Forestry Corporation, koalas are at risk of dying out as lonely males, wandering native forests decimated by tree removal, endlessly bellowing for mates they cannot and will not find.