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state forest for Koalas and conserving 2,834 hectares of Koala habitat on private land through conservation agreements
    * delivering more than 70 local Koala conservation actions in partnership with community groups, councils and universities, including habitat restoration, dog attack and vehicle strike mitigation
    * working with seven Indigenous communities to support regenerating and protecting Koala habitat through cultural land management activities
    * partnering with Taronga Conservation Society Australia to deliver a world-class professional development course in wildlife care (see section 14.1)
    * developing and releasing the Koala Habitat Information Base, which delivers the best available state-wide spatial data on Koala habitat, likelihood, Koala preferred trees and Koala sightings for New South Wales
    * developing and publishing the New South Wales Koala Monitoring Framework and commencing implementation with ten partners
    * launching the 'I Spy Koala' app to allow members of the public to record Koala sightings, and running the Community Wildlife Survey, which received more than 7,000 public responses, including 2,199 sightings of Koalas
    * support for the volunteer wildlife rehabilitation sector through grants and resources for the improvement of standards to enhance animal welfare and post rehabilitation release outcomes.
Building on this work, in 2020 the NSW Government committed to doubling the New South Wales Koala population by 2050. In May 2021, the NSW Government announced more than $193 million in funding to meet this goal.

14.3 ACT Government
The ACT Government protects suitable Koala habitat within Namadgi National Park. The ACT Government manages Namadgi National Park and its surrounds for fire, weeds and other threats. Habitat in the Australian Capital Territory may be suitable for the establishment of insurance populations to retain and conserve local genetic diversity, or as future translocation sites. These areas are also potential refugia in the future under climate change.
Although the ACT Government does not directly manage wild populations of Koalas, ad-hoc surveys are undertaken in areas that may potentially support them. Recent surveys did not detect any evidence of Koalas in the wild in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT Scientific Committee 2019). At Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, the ACT Government breeds Koalas (originating from Victoria) in captivity for display and educational purposes.

14.4 Queensland Government
The Queensland government has commenced the implementation of the South East Queensland Koala Strategy with funds for $4.48 million (ex GST) to the Koala Habitat Restoration Program in cooperation with Queensland Trust for Nature. This includes $1.2 million (ex GST) of Land Restoration Fund funding to demonstrate carbon farming opportunities can facilitate Koala habitat restoration. Already 90,000 trees have been planted over 100 hectares across seven sites in South East Queensland. The Queensland government has also invested more than $7.5 million into the South East Queensland Wildlife Hospital