Australian conservation groups have written to the director-general of UNESCO warning of the Australian government's 'alarming moves' to weaken the nation's environmental protections.
Australian conservation groups have written to the director-general of UNESCO warning of the Australian government's"alarming moves" to weaken the nation's environmental protections.
In the letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Director-General Audrey Azouley, the 13 groups argue as a ratified signatory to the World Heritage Convention, the government has a responsibility to identify, protect, and conserve world heritage sites. "Australia's World Heritage Areas are important homes for threatened wildlife like the koala, the cassowary and the grey-headed flying fox," Australian Conservation Foundation CEO, Kelly O'Shanassy said.
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