The federal government will unveil a koala protection package later this month which will include investment in habitat conservation and research.   Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley is finalising the details of the package, which comes in the wake of ongoing land clearing and last year’s devastating Black Summer bushfires. The protection package will include significant investments in habitat protection as well as research into long-term conservation of koalas, a spokesman for the minister said. Any measures to boost habitat protection or scientific research, both of which ecologists say is sorely needed, could make Ms Ley the first environment minister in nearly a decade to move to fill a void in the national conservation regime. About 10 million hectares of bushland burned during Black Summer, which was devastating for koalas. It’s been estimated as much as one-third of NSW koalas – around 10,000 animals – perished in blazes and the preceding drought.