Shenhua Watermark mine on NSW Liverpool Plains threatened to be derailed by core habitat for koalas
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MarMarch 2021 at 9:26pm
Four breeding females are among 25 koalas mapped on the mine site in a four-year period.
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A burgeoning koala habitat is threatening to complicate plans for a billion-dollar coal mine on the Liverpool Plains in north-west NSW.
Key points:
Koala researchers say this area is now core habitat and should not be destroyed
Shenhua says it is consulting widely as it prepares a Koala Plan of Management
The Shenhua Watermark mine was first proposed in 2008, and the company applied to the NSW government for a mining licence last year.