Report
Koala Safe Neighbourhood Project: 2020-2021 Final Report (Year 3)
University of the Sunshine Coast
2021
Abstract
This report provides an update on the progress of Redland City Council’s (RCC) Koala Safe Neighbourhoods (KSN) program, a major koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) conservation initiative of council. The primary aim of the KSN remains unchanged – to generate a greater sense of custodianship from residents in KSN areas toward their local koalas by informing, supporting, and empowering them to actively conserve koalas within urbanised landscapes. Central to the management of koalas within a KSN is the ongoing monitoring of the local koala population. The recruitment and monitoring of koalas for this program commenced in March 2019 and has resulted in the capture and/or monitoring of 51 koalas in Ormiston, Birkdale, Thornlands and Mount Cotton KSN to May 2021. The monitoring has several applied purposes, including collecting data on disease incidence and frequency of exposure to threats (dogs, cars). The end goal of the Koala Safe Neighbourhoods program is to rely on a citizen science component to enable the ongoing monitoring of the local koala population.
Details
- Title
- Koala Safe Neighbourhood Project: 2020-2021 Final Report (Year 3)
- Authors
- Deidre de Villiers (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringCaio Santos Neto (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringKye Mcdonald (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringRomane Cristescu (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Publication details
- 69 pages
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99713598602621
- Output Type
- Report
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