
Desley Whisson
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Dr. Desley Whisson is an ecologist at Deakin University specializing in koala management. Her research focuses on the impacts of habitat loss and displacement due to blue gum plantation logging in Victoria, emphasizing the stress and welfare issues faced by koalas as they are forced to relocate into increasingly overcrowded and unsuitable environments.
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Associate Professor Desley Whisson said while koalas could reproduce at the rate of only one joey a year, there was no way for them to disperse off French Island.
French Island locals plead for government interventionThe Sydney Morning Herald·
Australia· 2025-11-06
Dr Desley Whisson is a Deakin University ecologist who specializes in koala management.
Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in Victoria | VictoriaThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2025-05-11






