'Teetering on the brink': Half a billion dollars sought to aid wildlife recovery | p_hannam
Emergency intervention to save as many as 30 endangered species alone needs $15 million this year and $35 million in both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years, according to a spreadsheet circulating among state government agencies and obtained by theA burnt area of the Styx River State Forest in northern NSW. Logging has resumed in the area despite most of the region being burnt.
The "Koala Bushfire Strategy" - including restoration of habitat and assisted reproduction - will need $57.9 million over the four years, the spreadsheet shows. While officials wrangle over conservation funding, industrial-scale logging has resumed in fire-hit regions such as the Styx River, inland from Coffs Harbour on the NSW north coast.
Mr Gambian noted the government's own analysis indicated at least 32 threatened animal species alone had lost at least 30 per cent of their habitat due to fires, and were now "teetering on the brink".An area of the Styx River State Forest that could soon be cleared. An EPA spokesman said the agency was investigating the planning of logging operations in the Styx Forest.
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