Even though we think every day is a koala-ity day, September was officially Save the Koala Month. South East Queensland (SEQ) has the greatest concentration of koalas in the state but the population of our beloved fuzzies is in decline. There’s now a great new app you can report sightings.

During koala month we were reminded that our fuzzy friends need all the koala habitat protection they can get!

Koalas were first listed as vulnerable in SEQ under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act) in 2005, and in 2015 this was expanded to koalas across the state. In 2022 the conservation status of the koala was upgraded to Endangered both within Queensland under the Act and nationally under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Koalas face a range of environmental stresses including habitat loss, impacts from high-intensity bushfires and climate change, disease, and car strikes.

To help prevent the decline of koala populations in SEQ and support the protection of key koala habitats, you can become a koala-fied citizen scientist by identifying priority areas to support the reduction of threats to koalas.

You can do your bit for koala conservation by reporting koala sightings through the free QWildlife app.

The app gives an easy way to report koala sightings, upload photos of and observations of the koala’s appearance and condition and view recent koala sightings in your area.

Download the app here: iOS and Android.

Find out more about the program here.

Read more about the work Healthy Land & Water is doing to support the reduction of and deliver actions to reduce threats to our furry friends:
https://hlw.org.au/portfolio/koala-threat-management-south-east-queensland
https://hlw.org.au/portfolio/protecting-koalas