2020-01-16 OM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Draft SEQ Koala Conservation Strategy 2019-2024

       1. Strategic coordination


       A centralised website would provide an opportunity    Building on the success of the 2018 event, Koala
       for stakeholders to share and access survey and       Collab 2020 will present the findings of government-
       monitoring data, and koala hospital admissions        funded Koala Disease Research grant recipients
       information. It would also provide transparency       and provide opportunities to share the results of
       to the management activities that are being           the research with policy makers, veterinarians and
       undertaken by the Queensland Government, and          conservation groups.
       promote the work being done by others to identify
       new opportunities and promote community               First Nations—Caring for koalas
       participation in monitoring and conservation
                                                             The Queensland Government is proposing to
       activities.
                                                             develop guidance materials with Indigenous Land
       The website would also contain information            and Sea Rangers to help manage koala habitat. This
       for koala carers such as regarding advances in        will facilitate knowledge exchange between ranger
       treatment protocols.                                  groups and other land use managers on effective
                                                             methods for caring for koalas and their habitats.
       ‘Koala Collab’
                                                             For more detailed information on these proposed
       The Queensland Government invited veterinarians,
                                                             koala conservation actions and goals, and how
       rescue groups, policy makers and other interested
                                                             they link to the KEP recommendations refer to
       parties to ‘Koala Collab’, a collaborative research
                                                             Appendix 2.
       outcomes sharing event at Lone Pine Koala
       Sanctuary’s research facility, the Brisbane Koala
       Science Institute, on 19 July 2018.
       Researchers presented their findings and answered
       questions as to how the findings can be practically
       translated into meaningful action.




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