デビッド・ポーコックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (デビッド・ポーコックInstagram)「After seeing a koala in parkland in Brisbane on the very first day my family arrived in Australia in 2002, I have only seen a koala in the wild twice since then.⠀ ⠀ The @australiankoalafoundation says koalas are now “functionally extinct” in Australia, with population numbers feared to be dipping below the number needed to maintain the species’ existence.⠀ ⠀ It’s believed that there are only around 80,000 koalas left in the wild. There were an estimated 10 million koalas alive some 200 years ago.⠀ ⠀ Between 1890 and 1927, more than 8 million were shipped to London after being shot for fur.⠀ ⠀ While researchers admit that the koala's tendency to move around and its patchwork habitat make it difficult to track, they say numbers are in steep decline.⠀ ⠀ The biggest threats to koalas are habitat loss and heatwaves caused by climate change, such as the one last year that saw thousands of animals die from dehydration, studies have shown.⠀ ⠀ We’re facing a climate and ecological emergency and need bold action now.⠀ ⠀ #wildlifewednesday #voteclimate #climateelection #ecologicalemergency #climatebreakdown #koala #australia⠀ ⠀」5月15日 18時53分