Victoria has released its new koala strategy, 19 years after the first one was created, into a world where the environment is under pressure from global warming, unprecedented bushfires and native habitat destruction. With approximately 65 per cent of Australia’s total koala population in southern Australia, maintaining healthy Victorian populations is important for the survival of the species. …The new koala strategy finds Victoria still has a large koala population, and estimates there are close to half a million across the state. But despite this, Victoria’s koalas face threats like poor genetic diversity, the risk of disease and climate change — they are particularly vulnerable to heat-related stress.