Koala bears in New South Wales may become extinct by 2050

Bears will go extinct in 2050 in New South Wales (NSW) in Australia, if people do not reduce their destruction of their habitat.

This is the research result published on September 7 by the International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF) in Australia and the Nature Conservation Council (NCC).

Koalas in Port Macquarie, New South Wales state, Australia.(Photo: AFP).

This study uses satellite imagery to assess habitat decline through reclamation and impact on endangered species.

Research author, conservation biologist Martin Taylor stressed: "We see the habitat of koalas is disappearing at an alarming rate. If this continues, it could be in the middle. century, we can no longer have koalas in nature in NSW ".

Recent changes to the reclamation law have prompted this study, with evidence that from 2016-2017 to 2017-2018, the percentage of land reclaimed completely or partially increased from 2,854. ha to 8,194 ha.

However, the NSW government rejected the statement with a statement accusing WWF and NCC of "playing politics and gossiping". The state also said it has a project worth up to $ 32 million to protect the number of koalas in nature.