Staff members from the Zoological Society of San Diego worked with staff from the Australian Koala Foundation in Australia to map koala habitat, in order to determine where koalas were living, how they were using their habitat, and how much area they needed to obtain enough food, find shelter, and access mates for breeding. Deforestation was—and still is—a major threat to koalas, and the information gathered would be used to provide feasible recommendations for conservation solutions.