Shenhua's environmental consultant releases study showing koala population has decreased by 87 per cent around Watermark coal mine site

Billy Jupp
Updated May 26 2020 - 5:04pm, first published 5:00pm
UNCLEAR FUTURE: A study has shown the koala population on the site of Shenhua's Watermark Coal Mine may be locally extinct before the mine even commences. Photo: Mark Rodgers
UNCLEAR FUTURE: A study has shown the koala population on the site of Shenhua's Watermark Coal Mine may be locally extinct before the mine even commences. Photo: Mark Rodgers

A RECENT survey suggests the koala population on the site of Shenhua's Watermark Coal Mine has dropped 87 per cent since 2012-13.

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Billy Jupp

Billy Jupp

Senior Livestock Journalist

Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.

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