Koalas headed for localised extinction at planned NSW Shenhua coalmine

Koalas on the site of the planned Shenhua Watermark coalmine in New South Wales are heading towards localised extinction “even before the mine commences”, according to company documents. Meeting minutes for the mine’s koala technical working group say there has been a steep drop in koala populations at the mine site in the Liverpool Plains. Experts who sit on the working group have raised concerns the clearing of habitat for the project will…