Although Australia’s infamous ‘summer of bushfires’ has all but left the news cycle, the after effects are still being felt by both its human and animal victims. Wildlife experts have estimated over 1 billion animals were killed or displaced by the crisis. With their numbers in drastic decline even before the fires began, along with an estimated 30% of habitat destroyed in the blazes, koalas are arguably one of the worst affected species and are now on track to reach extinction in NSW by 2050 without urgent government intervention.
It’s heartbreaking to imagine a world without our koalas, so for the last quarter of 2020, we chose to donate $2,132 to the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF), Australia’s principal non-profit, non-government organisation dedicated to the conservation and effective management of the wild koala and its habitat.
A passionate advocate for the koala since 1986, the AKF have become a global organisation with a strong track record in strategic koala research, conservation and community education, with a large focus on mapping Australia’s koalas with their Koala Habitat Atlas. Importantly, The AKF is also completely self-funded and does not receive any of its income from the government. This affords them the ability to be politically neutral, unbiased and speak solely for the koala.
You can learn more about the Koala Protection Act and why we need it here (we highly recommend the read, it’s very eye-opening) and you can lend your support to the AKF by adopting a koala here, or making a donation here.
*Pure Community and Pure Finance have no direct affiliation with the organisations and causes listed on this page, we simply appreciate the work that they do, and choose to show our appreciation by contributing to them.