Australia’s centre-left government wants to better protect the country’s unique flora and fauna from threats and prevent a dramatic extinction of species. 110 species and 20 areas of particularly high nature value are at the center of the ten-year plan by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek from the Social Democratic Labor Party. These include South Australia’s Kangaroo Island and Kakadu National Park in the tropical north.
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AAP news agency reported that the species to be prioritized were selected by independent experts. These include koalas and endemic marsupials such as wombats, possums, the red-tailed black cockatoo, the Australian sea lion and the brush-tailed rock kangaroo. Various fish, frog and reptile species and 30 plant species are also listed.
Chased by wild cats
It aims to strengthen species threatened by climate change and loss of their natural habitat and revive endangered populations. Small animals in particular are hunted in Australia by feral domestic cats, which were introduced during European settlement. 17 mammal, 17 bird and 19 frog species have been listed as endangered or considered “critically endangered” since the previous report was published in 2016.
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“Our previous approach didn’t work,” Pliberchek said. “Australia leads world in mammal extinction.” The need for action has never been greater. Only in July did the Minister deliver a report on the State of the Australian Environment (Environment Report 2021) – with shocking statistics: 39 mammal species have become extinct on the Red Continent since colonization in 1788. Any other continent.
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The “Sydney Morning Herald” newspaper spoke of the minister’s “bold” and “ambitious” plan. The previous Conservative government was heavily criticized for its passive approach to environmental policy.
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