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WWF-Australia says the proposal to allow landholders to clear up to 25 metres from their fence line will fragment forests and make it even harder for koalas to get around. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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Tens of thousands of hectares of bush could be at risk under a New South Wales government proposal to allow rural landholders to clear up to 25 metres of land from their property’s fence line, analysis by WWF-Australia shows...The proposal, which was not one of the 76 recommendations from the NSW bushfire inquiry, prompted alarm it could lead to broad-scale clearing of endangered forest and habitat...

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