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Peter Timms (conservationist)
Peter Timms is an Australian koala conservationist. He is best known for his scientific contributions relating to infectious disease threats to koalas such as chlamydia and koala retrovirus. After attending Wavell State High School, Timms studied at the University of Queensland where he graduated with a PhD in molecular microbiology in 1989. He has published over 240 papers, reviews and chapters in scientific journals such as ''Nature Genetics'', ''PNAS'', ''Scientific Reports'' and the ''Journal of Virology''. Timms was featured on a ''Catalyst'' episode in 2021, called "Are We Killing Our Koalas", hosted by Tim Flannery. Timms is currently a professor of microbiology at the University of the Sunshine Coast and the deputy director of the university's GeneCology Research Centre. Prior to joining the University of the Sunshine Coast in 2014, he was a professor at the Queensland University of Technology The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public university, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koala Conservation
Koala conservation organisations, programs and government legislation are concerned with the declining population of koalas (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), a well known Australian marsupial found in gum trees. The Australian government declared the species as endangered by extinction in 2022. While the koala was previously classified as least-concern species, Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, Red List, it was uplisted to Vulnerable species, Vulnerable in 2016. Australian policy makers declined a 2009 proposal to include the koala in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. In 2012, the Australian government listed koala populations in Queensland and New South Wales as Vulnerable, because of a 40% population decline in the former and a 33% decline in the latter. A 2017 World Wildlife Fund, WWF report found a 53% decline per generation in Queensland, and a 26% decline in New South Wales. Populations in Victoria and South Australia appear to be abundant; howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
