Watch the Premiere of “War On Nature: Great Koala National Park”
In this episode of War in Nature, we travel to the east coast of Australia to discover why koalas are fast tracking toward extinction.
WON: Great Koala National Park OUT NOW!
Australia's biodiversity is both rich and unique. Millions of years of geographical isolation have led to the evolution of an extraordinary variety of species found nowhere else on Earth. Among them, one species stands out as a national icon. The koala.
Once numbering in the millions across the country, today, fewer than 80,000 koalas remain in the wild. Sadly, koalas are now officially declared endangered and facing a real threat of extinction. Australia has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world due to land clearing for beef production, unregulated urban development, and native forest logging, which places Australia as one of the fastest rates of biodiversity loss across the world.
Amidst this environmental crisis, a grassroots movement in New South Wales is striving to protect one of the world's most vital Koala habitats on Earth by advocating for the establishment of the Great Koala National Park. The future of koalas depends on taking immediate action to protect their forest home.