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NSW Koala Strategy

The NSW Koala Strategy is supporting a range of conservation actions that will provide more habitat for koalas, support local community action, improve koala safety and health, and build our knowledge to improve koala conservation.

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Protecting koalas for future generations

Koalas in New South Wales are facing a range of threats, including habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, bushfires, disease, declining genetic diversity, vehicle strike and dog attacks. These factors have resulted in significant population decline, with koalas now listed as ‘endangered’.

The NSW Government is committed to addressing these threats to protect koalas for future generations.

Download the NSW Koala Strategy
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More than $190 million

The NSW Government is investing over $190 million to deliver the targeted conservation actions that the strategy sets out. These actions work towards the long-term goal of doubling koala numbers in NSW by 2050.

Targeted action and investment

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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).
Credit: DCCEEW
$107.1 million

to protect, restore, and improve 47,000 ha of koala habitat

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Koala tree planting with WWF Australia
Koala tree planting with WWF Australia.
Credit: DCCEEW
$19.6 million

to support local communities to conserve koalas and fund partnerships

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A koala clings to a tree with a ribbon on it in a burnt landscape
A koala clings to a tree in a burnt landscape.
Credit: DCCEEW
$43.4 million

to fill knowledge gaps and better understand koala populations

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Aboriginal girl holding gum leaves.
Credit: DCCEEW
Department media release
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24 Jun 2025
Gumbaynggirr Good Koala Country Plan

To better manage land for koalas, the NSW Koala Strategy funded the Gumbaynggirr Good Koala Country Plan in partnership with the Gumbaynggirr people of the Mid North Coast.

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Koala sighted in Guula Ngurra National Park restored habitat.
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30 Apr 2025
Habitat restoration win for koalas in Guula Ngurra National Park | News

In a heartwarming habitat restoration win, staff from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and National Parks and Wildlife Service rangers spotted a koala in restored habitat in Guula Ngurra National Park.

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A koala curled up in the fork of some slender branches, eyes closed, the claws of one paw gripped around the vertical branch
Improve koala habitat on your property with a Living Carbon grant.
Credit: David Finnegan
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27 Mar 2025
Living Carbon grants – applications now open for landholders in the MidCoast region | News

Landholders in the MidCoast local government area can now apply for NSW Government grants of up to $200,000 to set up carbon planting projects. 

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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).
Credit: Dan Lunney/DPE
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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).
Credit: DCCEEW
Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan

The CPCP includes specific commitments and actions to protect the Southern Sydney koala population

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