Koala Diaries National Koala Sighting Survey - Project Location

The koala has a large geographic range, however its distribution is inconsistent and occurs mostly on private land. Recent anecdotal and published information suggests that koala population declines in Queensland may be more dramatic than previously thought. There is now widespread concern in the koala conservation community that the regional thresholds for extinction have been exceeded. 

So what can we do to help? With the benefit of community involvement in our national koala mapping project and up-to-the-minute GIS technology from ESRI Australia, we are able to plot the locations of koalas in the wild. Where only vegetation has been mapped previously, this project gives us a unique and real-time census of the  sighted koala population.

We are calling on members of the public to report all koala sightings in the wild - whether alive, dead or injured - to our online survey and mapping project. Select the location of the koala sighting in the wild on our survey map (you can zoom right down to the tree to select the exact location in most parts of Australia), take a photo where possible, and note the koala's situation. That's it. 

We are looking for individuals, companies, schools, community groups and entire towns to take our national koala sighting survey to heart and report all koala sightings online at Koala Diaries. All members of www.koaladiaries.com.au can view the evolving display map of koala sightings, search koala sightings and log sightings of koalas in the wild.

By crowdsourcing koala sightings, we hope to engage the community in saving the koala, helping to identify significant populations, "at risk" populations, and potentially, to help build an understanding of the home range movements of individual koalas where their situation warrants special attention.

Most importantly, the information we gather on the location and health of koalas will be available to (member) government regulators and other stakeholders to assist with formulating appropriate koala management plans.

So, if you have seen a koala ... please join Koala Diaries and log in to the Members Only section to report a koala sighting. Membership is free and allows you to participate in projects, view member photo galleries, see where koalas are being sighted, follow the research and more. You can REGISTER HERE.