KOALA HABITAT PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT IN KANGAROO ISLAND AND AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT.
- Masters degree candidate, School of natural and built environments, University of South Australia, Mawson lakes, Australia.
- Deputy director of agriculture (soil survey), Krushibhavan, Ch road, Sector-10 a, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
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The Australian local koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is over populated on Kangaroo Island and is driving social, natural and monetary issues. The assessed koala populace on Kangaroo Island and Australia landmass is roughly 25,146 and the mean thickness is 0.64 koalas per ha (Natural Resources Kangaroos Island, 2017). Current administration rehearses are endeavouring to reduce and control the impacts of koala overpopulation is having on the encompassing environment and eucalypt species. The executives have cost over $8.6 million over the most recent 21 years, in spite of the fact that Kangaroo Island's travel industry has created $123 million every year (Natural Resources Kangaroos Island, 2017; Australian Tourism Commission, 2017). Along these lines, as present administration through translocation, cleansing and living space the executives is demonstrating viable (Natural Resources Kangaroos Island, 2017). In spite of the fact that, meeting yearly cleansing targets and concentrating on environment the executives will keep on comprehending the emergency.
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[Divyesh Shekhada and Jyoti H. Shekhada. (2019); KOALA HABITAT PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT IN KANGAROO ISLAND AND AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Jan). 1012-1018] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Master’s Degree Candidate, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, AUSTRALIA
