Logging halted to create a koala retreat

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns holds a toy koala as he makes the commitment to deliver the Great Koala National Park (AAP)(1).jpg

Australia will halt logging in a large stretch of woodland on the east coast to create a retreat for koalas, in an attempt to save the local population from extinction.

They're one of Australia's most precious and loved species, but research shows that without action, koalas could die off in New South Wales by 2050.

A plan by the state government to create a new protected area called the Great Koala National Park is hoping to change that.

And it has the backing of the World Wildlife Fund Australia Chief Executive Dermot O'Gorman.

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