Tag: Threatened species
More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the biggest danger
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Up to 216 Australian birds are now threatened – compared with 195 a decade ago – and climate change is now the...
Australia’s threatened species plan has failed on several counts. Without change, more extinctions are assured
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Australia is globally renowned for its abysmal conservation record – in roughly 230 years we’ve overseen the extinction of more mammal species than...
A Victorian logging company just won a controversial court appeal. Here’s what it means for forest wildlife
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Australia’s forest-dwelling wildlife is in greater peril after last week’s court ruling that logging — even if it...
To fix Australia’s environment laws, wildlife experts call for these 4 changes — all are crucial
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The independent review of Australia’s main environment law, released last week, provided a sobering but accurate appraisal of a dire situation.
The review was led by...
What are you really eating? How threatened ‘seafood’ species slip through the law and onto your plate
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Many exotic animals are banned from import into Australia because they’re threatened with extinction, and trading them is illegal under environment laws. Yet...
One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet, it’s a killing machine
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We know feral cats are an enormous problem for wildlife – across Australia, feral cats collectively kill more than three billion animals per...