Tweed Shire Council -lar process, so it became a combined process across the two shires. We managed to secure $2.1M of funding from the Australian Government through their Clean Energy Future Plan Biodiversity Fund, and the project addresses all of the threats we identified in 2011.” Two of the project’s major goals include the planting of 63,000 trees across the two shires and approximately 150 hectares of improved natural regeneration of koala habitat. The project also addresses another key issue − fire. “Bushfires and wildfires are a problem for koalas in this part of the world,” Scott explains. “That said, we do need fire to manage the landscape and ensure that the koala habitat returns. Most of the tree species we’re planting actually need fire to regenerate, so there’s a real big focus on getting that balance right because there can’t be too much or too little fire.” According to Scott, the councils were “very fortunate” to have the funding for the scientific habitat studies, particularly because they identified the location of existing koala
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