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Latest revision as of 01:56, 23 January 2025

Burnett Koala Program Description: The Burnett Koala Program is a community-led, multi-stakeholder collaborative project focused on understanding and conserving koala populations in the Inland Burnett region of Australia.

The Burnett Koala Program is establishing baseline data on koala population dynamics and health through non-invasive methods.

Key aspects of the program include: DNA testing of koala scats collected by community members; citizen science engagement to record and share koala observations; development of the first large-scale dataset on inland Burnett koalas. The data will enhance understanding of inland Burnett koalas’ population dynamics and health to inform effective conservation and recovery strategies.

The program contributes to the significant CSIRO modelling and Queensland Government mapping efforts in the Burnett region.
STARDIT ID: 0202410220910
Dates

State ongoing
Start 2021-01-31
End 2025-01-31
Form updated 2025-01-23

Report authors
Heather McCulloch
0009-0009-0065-3654
Misty Neilson
misty@betterburnett.com
Jack Nunn (link)
0000-0003-0316-3254
Checked report as part of project 'Improving Citizen Science to Benefit Society: A Discussion Paper' - https://stardit.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/0202407220511
Aims
Better inform sound management practices for koalas and their habitat
Ensure the survival, conservation, and recovery of koala populations in the region
Keywords
Koala
Citizen science
Conservation
Category
management/monitoring

Inputs

organisation

Burnett Catchment Care Association (link)


Task: Founding organisation and lead
group of individuals

Citizen scientitists


Task: Documenting and reporting koala observations across the Burnett region | collecting scat samples for non-invasive DNA testing
Compensation: volunteer
funding

(link)

($196,451)

Department of Industry, Science and Resources
funding

(link)


Cash (For project officer wages) ($10,000)

Burnett Catchment Care Association
funding

(link)


In-kind (Project management, supervision & governance) ($28,320)

Burnett Catchment Care Association

Outputs and impacts

dataset (open)
Stage: DNA (Population dynamics, health & feed tree species) data analyse due November 2024
Data

Impact: Unknown. Data analysis underway.
publication/report/document

Burnett Koala Program: 2021-2022 Report (link)


Impact: Secured additional funding to develop a baseline dataset of koala population dynamics and health (+ feed tree species) via the DNA testing of scats, non-invasively collected by the community.

21/22 Project Report
dataset (open)

Observation (Presence/Absence) records


Findability: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/burnett-koala-program
Impact: Unknown

87% of all public access observation records over the last 20 years, in the Burnett catchment, collected by citizen scientists from this program
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