Australia is in the midst of an animal extinction crisis and the loss of almost 20 unique species in coming years is inevitable without drastic change. 😔🐨
That’s the dire warning from the Wilderness Society following the release of a damning interim report about the inadequacies of current environmental laws.found the current approach to wildlife protection was “incapable” of stopping the spiralling rates of extinction and recommended a “complete overhaul” of legislation., said three native species had been wiped out in the past decade.
The World Wildlife Fund said the equivalent of 14 football fields of habitat is bulldozed every day in NSW.conservationist Stuart Blanch said there were currently less than 20,000 koalas left in NSW and at the current rate, they are on track to be extinct in the state by 2050. The mountain pygmy possum is one of the species identified at being at serious risk of extinction. Picture: Jay TownThe Senate report on extinction made a number of recommendations to address the crisis, including a focus to reduce impact likes deforestation and climate change.
When it comes to the 17 that could face extinction in the next 20 years, it is not a prescribed list but based on analysis of the rate of extinction, the Wilderness Society said.
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