Give our Koalas a Fair Go

Redland City has been well known as a part of the Queensland "Koala Coast".
Until a few years ago, koalas wandering the streets of Cleveland was accepted by locals as the norm. The koala was an emblem of Redland City Council.
More recently, the stress of food and habitat loss, and injury and death caused by vehicle strikes and dog attacks has reduced the population to a critically low level.

Now, the Queensland Government has announced its Draft SEQ Koala Conservation, Strategy, with maps showing no protection for large areas of the Redlands formerly protected, and known to contain koalas ...

Redland City has been well known as a part of the Queensland "Koala Coast".
Until a few years ago, koalas wandering the streets of Cleveland was accepted by locals as the norm. The koala was an emblem of Redland City Council.
More recently, the stress of food and habitat loss, and injury and death caused by vehicle strikes and dog attacks has reduced the population to a critically low level.

Now, the Queensland Government has announced its Draft SEQ Koala Conservation, Strategy, with maps showing no protection for large areas of the Redlands formerly protected, and known to contain koalas.
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We are in danger of having no koalas in mainland Redland City.
Our koalas deserve a fair go - it's their Redlands too!

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To protect Redland City’s koalas it is important that people urge the government to include areas where koalas live now in the official habitat mapping..

The Government says it wants submissions about koala habitat mapping to be lodged by 22 December 2019. The official submission process is geared to meeting the needs of property owners who want to have koala habitat mapping removed from their land. Our submission is in the form of an email which does not follow the official process, so please continue and have your say right up to January 31 2020.

We suggest that you send your email submissions about the need for additional areas to be designated as koala habitat to the State Environment Minister with copies to:

Planning Minister Cameron Dick
Capalaba MP Don Brown
Oodgeroo MP Mark Robinson
Redlands MP Kim Richards
CEO Redland City Council

We have included a draft submission for you to send, preferably with your personal changes.

Please edit the submission text to say what you your really think, including local examples of where you have seen koalas in your local area.

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Dear Minister,

I have deep concerns about a number of the projected outcomes of the Draft SEQ Koala Conservation Policy.  As a result, I am raising the following points I wish to be addressed prior to the next draft:

#   The draft koala habitat mapping fails to protect areas where many of our koalas are living right now as evidenced by koala sightings recorded in the Atlas of Living Australia
#   Areas extensively planted with koala trees by the Redlands community over the past 30 years should be recognised in the Koala Habitat mapping
#   Land removed from the Government’s mapping of Koala Habitat ahead of the draft strategy being released (including at Shoreline and south west Victoria Point) should be reinstated
#   Areas of Redlands mapped previously as being of state environmental significance should be included as Koala Habitat, especially if ground-truthing evidence shows koala activity
#   The proposal to let property owners have automatic rights to clear up to 500 m2 in Koala Habitat areas should be replaced with an impact assessment process
#   The exemption allowing firebreaks to be developed and maintained in Koala Habitat areas is supported, provided that there are rules to prevent abuse
#   A moratorium on clearing koala trees in Koala Priority Areas should be implemented (with effective sanctions) until the Strategy and Koala Habitat mapping are finalised
#   The use of financial offsets as a mechanism for property owners and developers to buy the right to destroy koala habitat is unacceptable
#   Analysis of overall gain/loss of koala habitat in south east Queensland should recognize that areas close to the coast such as the Redlands can sustain more koalas per hectare than other areas further west where it’s hotter and drier
#   Public consultation periods for Koala Habitat mapping (to 22 December 2019) and the draft Strategy (to 31 January 2020) are inadequate – both periods should be extended
#   The Government should undertake extensive community consultation about its strategy and mapping in Redland City, including drop in sessions and speaking at a public meeting
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