<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEAB4CjYu0tzIBn1p-TWdrDIqFQgEKg0IACoGCAowrqkBMKBFMMGBAg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ After Australia Bushfires Destroy 80% Of Their Habitat<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As Australia experiences record-breaking drought and bushfires, koala populations have dwindled along with their habitat, leaving them “functionally extinct.”</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBggKMK6pATCgRQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">Forbes<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yesterday</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(66, 133, 244); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); min-height: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiamh0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vYmxvZ3MvYmxvZy1icmllZmluZy1yb29tL25ld3MvNDcxODA5LWF1c3RyYWxpYW4ta29hbGEtcG9wdWxhdGlvbi1oaXQtYXMtd2lsZGZpcmVzLXJhZ2XSAW5odHRwczovL3RoZWhpbGwuY29tL2Jsb2dzL2Jsb2ctYnJpZWZpbmctcm9vbS9uZXdzLzQ3MTgwOS1hdXN0cmFsaWFuLWtvYWxhLXBvcHVsYXRpb24taGl0LWFzLXdpbGRmaXJlcy1yYWdlP2FtcA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">Australian koala population hit as wildfires rage | TheHill<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As historic droughts and brushfires sweep across Australia, koala populations have been decimated, according to some reports.</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Hill</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Yesterday</span></div><div class="">
<div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br class=""><br class="">“ In conversation with a wildlife biologist about this, he said if we level with people about the dangers of the climate situation, they’ll see it as a hopeless cause, throw their arms up in despair and walk away. <br class=""><br class="">“That’s a real risk.” </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class=""><a href="http://mountainjournal.org/conservation-movement-must-change-its-thinking" class="">http://mountainjournal.org/conservation-movement-must-change-its-thinking</a></div></div>
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