In people's impression, the Australian national treasure koala has always lived a very comfortable life.

However, in recent years, there have been frequent wildfires in Australia, and their peaceful lives have been disrupted by the fires, killing tens of thousands of koalas.

In order to protect the population of koalas, the Australian government recently stated that it will invest 50 million Australian dollars, or about 220 million yuan, in the next four years to protect the habitat of koalas.

Data map: On July 8, 2020, local time, in Sydney, Australia, an 8-month-old koala at the Sydney Wildlife Park plays on its mother's back.

　　In recent years, the number of koalas in Australia has been drastically reduced due to multiple factors such as habitat destruction, climate change, forest fires, chlamydia infection, etc.

The Australian Koala Foundation previously estimated that there are currently fewer than 58,000 koalas in Australia, down from more than 80,000 koalas in 2018.

The number of koalas has plummeted by about 30 percent in the past three years.

Among them, the number of koalas in New South Wales fell the most, with a decline of 41%.

　　In 2019 and early 2020, large swathes of forests in New South Wales were burned by fires, and in addition to the continuous drought for nearly a decade, some areas of New South Wales have even completely disappeared from the life of koalas.

Data map: On February 4, 2020, the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, recently set up a "Koala Five-Star Hotel" to specially receive koalas injured in the fire and arrange special personnel to care for them.

It is reported that many koalas are still emotionally unstable due to varying degrees of burns and breathing difficulties.

　　New South Wales and Queensland have now put koalas on the endangered list due to sharp declines in numbers.

At the same time, voices in Australia calling for separate legislation to protect koalas are also growing.

　　Since 2019, the Australian Government has invested more than A$74 million in koala habitat restoration, population research and research into koala health.

As Australia's national treasure, the "koala economy" usually contributes 3 billion Australian dollars to Australia's tourism industry every year, or about 13.3 billion yuan in revenue.