Koala Corridor Project

Help save our local koala environment!

Volunteer, Donate, Revegetate

Koalas, one of our most beloved natives, are facing significant challenges both locally and nationally. Their numbers are dwindling due to threats like disease, dog attacks, and road hazards. The greatest danger, however, comes from habitat loss as the trees they rely on are increasingly felled.

Today, koalas are confined to small pockets of remnant bushland or isolated in narrow strips of marginal habitat. These areas leave them vulnerable and eager to disperse—but can they do so safely? This is where you can help us make a difference.

You can help by:-

Signing up for our volunteer list to be alerted when planting or surveying events are planned

Donating to the project

Creating vital koala habitat on your property

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The three-year Koala Corridor Project aims to support the regional recovery of koalas and other threatened species through a series of targeted activities.

The project is divided into four key components

Population surveys and research

Revegetation

Outreach

Education and stakeholder liaison.

Each of these elements plays a vital role in achieving our mission: to enhance the genetic diversity of koalas in the Biosphere Reserve, helping to protect them against disease and reduced fertility. We’re also focused on creating more and safer dispersal routes for all wildlife. This will be accomplished through a comprehensive habitat restoration program, designed to enrich and reconnect habitats across both private and public lands.

Throughout Western Port, we’ll be conducting tree planting, school visits, and koala surveys. Our revegetation efforts will primarily take place during the cooler, wetter months, while surveys will be conducted in the spring and summer when koalas are most active. We welcome volunteers to join us in this important work!

The Koala Corridor Project is a partnership between Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park and the Western Port Biosphere Foundation.

Established in 2003, the Biosphere Foundation implements projects and projects aimed at achieving sustainable development goals in the UNESCO listed, 2,142 km² Biosphere Reserve which encompasses the whole of the Mornington Peninsula and the Western Port coastline.