Conversation groups warn listing koalas as endangered across Queensland, NSW and the ACT won't be enough to bring dwindling populations back from the brink.
Land clearing, climate change and disease have sparked concerns the marsupial could be extinct before the middle of the century.
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has downgraded the conservation status of koalas across the east coast in line with a recommendation from the government's Threatened Species Scientific Committee.
