The koala—saving our national icon

22 September 2011

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Committee membership	(PDF 28KB)

Recommendations	(PDF 27KB)

Abbreviations and Acronyms	(PDF 7KB)

Executive Summary	(PDF 27KB)
Introduction Threats Population and threatened species listing National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy Conclusion

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 870KB)
Conduct of the inquiry Accessibility trial Report structure Acknowledgements Species information Species range – historic and current

Chapter 2 - Koala population	(PDF 209KB)
The importance of koala population data Counting methodologies Historical estimates of Australia's koala population Current estimates of Australia's koala population Concerns with current estimates The way forward Committee comment

Chapter 3	(PDF 248KB)
Urban development Forestry Mining Drought, bushfires and climate change Committee comment

Chapter 4 - Other threats: disease, dogs and motor vehicles	(PDF 472KB)
Disease Predation by dogs Motor vehicles

Chapter 5	(PDF 147KB)
Conservation status of the koala Listing under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Committee comment

Chapter 6 - The National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy	(PDF 139KB)
The National Koala Conservation Strategy 1998 The National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy 2009-2014 Evaluation of the National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy Committee comment State-based koala management plans

Appendix 1 - Submissions, tabled documents, additional information and answers to questions taken on notice	(PDF 21KB)
Submissions Tabled documents Additional information Answers to questions taken on notice

Appendix 2 - Petitioning documents	(PDF 6KB)
Petition from Koala Preservation Society of NSW Inc Petition from Ms Meghan Halverson

Appendix 3 - Public hearings	(PDF 11KB)

Appendix 4 - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000, Regulation 7.01: Criteria for listing threatened species	(PDF 7KB)

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Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526

Fax: +61 2 6277 5818

Email: ec.sen@aph.gov.au

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3526
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5818
Email:	ec.sen@aph.gov.au