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Koalas spend just 10 minutes a day risking their lives on the ground

"Roughly two-thirds of koala deaths occur when they're on the ground — mostly from dog attacks and vehicle collisions. Cleared areas and roadsides are more dangerous locations for koalas to live. Koalas have to move a lot because of their quite specialised diets...Landscapes should be arranged so koalas don't have to spend much time on the ground."
abc.net.au/news/science/2025-0
#koalas #wildlife #biodiversity #conservation #habitat #MobilityDesign #roads #cars #dogs #pets #sprawl

ABC News · Koalas spend just 10 minutes a day risking their lives on the ground, tracking suggestsBy Ellen Phiddian

“The largest organised vandalism in our nation’s history”.

"Why Sydney’s beaches remain inaccessible is explained by how the city expanded, as well as a mid-20th-century decision described as “organised vandalism” and persistent efforts by beachside locals to limit public transport and a perceived influx of “outsiders”."
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#beaches #accessibility #cars #PublicTransport #Sydney #vandalism #MobilityDesign #sprawl #TheAmericanDream

The Guardian · Why can’t you catch a train or tram to Sydney’s beaches – and are we dreamin’ to think new rail lines could be built?By Elias Visontay

Queensland snake catcher warns public that killing snakes risks huge fines

"As urban sprawl continues...interactions between snakes and humans were becoming increasingly common in south-east Queensland"
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abc.net.au/news/2025-06-01/red
#Sprawl #biodiversity #reptiles #WildlifeCrime

ABC News · Queensland snake catcher warns public that killing snakes risks huge finesBy Lottie Twyford

When the 'Australians dream of home ownership' becomes a nightmare for Australian biodiversity.

Put new mass housing on completely degraded land with no biodiversity values or in the middle of a last biodiversity hotspot? South-east Queensland sprawl, Ipswich, Woogaroo Forest, Lot 9999

There are "plans to sculpt and flatten this land to make way for about 1,800 houses for south-east Queensland’s booming population."

“There is plenty of completely degraded land with no biodiversity values at all to put those houses on...here’s degraded agricultural land, there’s abandoned land, there’s abandoned mines … south-east Queensland is 6m hectares."
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theguardian.com/environment/20
#biodiversity #degradation #sprawl #housing #EndangeredHabitats #WoogarooForest #LandTenure #wildlife #koalas #birds #extinction #Australia #SEQ

The Guardian · The fight for Woogaroo Forest: new housing could silence some of Queensland’s ‘virtuoso songbirds’By Joe Hinchliffe

Wildlife-unfriendly suburbia
The 70-kilometre-long agricultural irrigation channel is a wildlife graveyard.

"Birds, kangaroos, wallabies, possums, you name it. Various animals [are] getting trapped in the channel... More and more native animals are being hit on our roads...It's because our areas are growing and our government hasn't considered how we can build the infrastructure that we need while also considering the needs of native animals and how we can protect them."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-05-14/dro
#housing #sprawl #wildlife #habitat #irrigation #infrastructure #cars #traps #biodiversity #WildlifeUnfriendly #Australia

ABC News · Kangaroos rescued from open water channel in central Victoria as rescuers call for roo-proof fenceBy Emile Pavlich

Cassowary banishment from tropical forests
Urban sprawl and wildlife translocation

"Only around 4,000 southern cassowaries are thought to remain in Australia, and the species is threatened by habitat destruction, vehicle strikes, dog attacks and climate change."

An "endangered southern cassowary was discovered underweight and with a belly full of tomato seeds and fruits scavenged from compost bins. Several reports indicated the bird had been wandering along roads close to cane fields and was in danger of being hit by a car or truck."
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au.news.yahoo.com/tense-moment
#Birds #SouthernCassowary #wildlife #biodiversity #conservation #tropics #ecosystems #Wildlife #habitat #translocation #Banishment #Sprawl #cars #dogs #DogsAttacks #roads #plantations #monocultures

Yahoo News · Tense moment rare 35kg creature lowered into remote Aussie forestBy Michael Dahlstrom

More wildlife hospitals and care
for native animals having to exist in fragmented marginal habitats

More native animals are being brought into vet clinics and wildlife shelters than ever before.,, Wildlife carers and volunteers "do incredible work in helping to respond, rehabilitate and care for our sick, injured and orphaned wildlife".
abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/wil
#wildlife #care #AnimalWelfare #WildlifeCarers #volunteers #biodiversity #sprawl #cars #pets

ABC News · Wildlife carers want funding to help rising number of injured animalsBy Claudia Forsberg

Quolls are on the environmental trajectory of the thylacine

"The spotted-tail and northern quoll are at best functionally extinct across the Sunshine Coast hinterland, and at worst they had completely disappeared from the area." >>
abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/quo

Population growth highlights and trends, Queensland regions, 2023 edition.(pdf) >>
qgso.qld.gov.au/issues/3061/po

"Dog attacks in the Sunshine Coast region are up 10 per cent. Pet owners are urged to follow some fundamental steps to reduce incidents and improve safety of people and pets. A total of 382 dog attacks were reported – 166 on people and 216 on another animal." >>
sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/news/
#biodiversity #wildlife #quolls #conservation #sprawl #Queensland #pets #dogs #extinction #Australia

ABC News · Spotted-tail and northern quolls 'functionally' extinct in large areas of QueenslandBy Nikki Sorbello

Provide habitat and fund wildlife hospitals!

"The WA Wildlife Hospital has seen a 17 per cent year-on-year increase in patient admissions over the past 15 years."
Reasons?
"These include increasing urban sprawl, with suburbs encroaching on natural habitats as the population grows, and attacks from introduced predators such as wandering cats, foxes and dogs."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/wa-
#Biodiversity #wildlife #birds #carers #sprawl #FishingHooks #roads #drivers #IntroducedSpecies #pets #dogs #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety

ABC News · Record admissions to WA Wildlife Hospital trigger fears it may have to send animals elsewhereBy ABC News

The last yellow-tailed black cockatoos on Eyre Peninsula

"National Parks and Wildlife Service SA conservation ecologist Katrina Pobke said the loss of habitat through settlement and land clearing had impacted flocks that would have numbered in the hundreds of thousands across southern Australia's woodlands more than 10,000 years ago."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-01-28/sav
#birds #Biodiversity #sprawl #cockatoos

ABC News · Intervention needed to save last yellow-tailed black cockatoos on Eyre PeninsulaBy Jodie Hamilton

Tiny orange seastar is disrupting the path to ‘progress’.
Move seastar out of the way to “minimise disruption” to traffic?

The live-bearing sea star has been vanishing from Tasmania's waters for some time. Now the marine creature has to be moved out of the way to fix traffic woes on a marine causeway.
Plan is to relocate the species on the brink of extinction to aquariums during road construction. >>
au.news.yahoo.com/tiny-and-rar
#ParvulastraVivipara #seastar #marine #biodiversity #roads #sprawl #traffic #cars #congestion #InducedTraffic #progress

Yahoo News · Tiny and rare marine creatures to be moved from path of major Aussie road projectBy Michael Dahlstrom

Do you have 22 minutes? Here's a wealth of info on best urban mobility practices from 120 European cities.

Highly recommended proven solutions for new policy leaders + their staffs.

Karen Vancluysen Secretary-General of POLIS Network, opened the International Cargo Bike Festival #ICBF2024 on personal mobility and urban logistics.

#logistics #parking #airquality #congestion #sprawl #resilience #safety #efficiency #multimodal #smartcity #cars #data #urbanism #BikeTooter

youtube.com/watch?v=n3lsGWclom

Endangered species, an obstacle on the roads

"Koala deaths almost double in housing developments in south-western Sydney, data shows. At least 207 koalas have been struck by vehicles across south-western Sydney since 2021."
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theguardian.com/world/2024/nov
#koalas #NSW #sprawl #extinction makers #Sydney #cars #roads #EndangeredSpecies #sacrifice

The Guardian · Koala deaths almost double in housing developments in south-western Sydney, data showsBy Lisa Cox