TY - JOUR TI - Applying landscape-level principles to koala management in Australia: a comparative analysis AU - Schlagloth, Rolf AU - A. Morgan, Edward AU - Cadman, Timothy AU - Santamaria, Flavia AU - McGinnis, Gabrielle AU - Thomson, Hedley AU - Kerlin, Douglas H. AU - Maraseni, Tek Narayan AU - Cahir, Fred AU - D. Clark, Ian AU - Clode, Danielle AU - Mcewan, Alexandra T2 - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management AB - We provide a comparative analysis of two koala management plans for populations in two Australian municipalities, based on principles of landscape management: Ballarat (Victoria) and Bellingen (New South Wales). A landscape-based approach is required to protect the species, but evaluation of landscape management is limited. We present an assessment framework for evaluating local koala management plans. The plans are evaluated against a common set of principles and criteria, despite very different approaches stemming from context-specific factors. Interestingly, despite a variation in the number of indicators in the plans, the overall results of the evaluation demonstrate a similar level of performance against the criteria, and common strengths and weaknesses. In the absence of consistent standards for the protection of the koala across Australia, the species will continue to decline, and management practices will fail to protect the koala from extinction, as is currently predicted. DA - 2022/10/04/ PY - 2022 DO - 10.1080/09640568.2022.2124154 DP - Taylor and Francis+NEJM VL - 0 IS - 0 SP - 1 EP - 22 SN - 0964-0568 ST - Applying landscape-level principles to koala management in Australia UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2022.2124154 Y2 - 2023/05/09/01:07:38 KW - Urban planning ER -