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Shenhua Watermark mine on NSW Liverpool Plains threatened to be derailed by ‘core habitat’ for koalas
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:
- Twenty-five koalas have been mapped in an area slated for a rail line
- 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.
But the recently released minutes of a meeting of the project’s Koala Technical Working Group reveal plans for an associated rail line could put a local koala population in danger.
Dr Valentina Mella from the University of Sydney is an…
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