The gang-gang cockatoo is among the more than 200 plants and animals that have been added to the threatened species list. Here are the other grim findings.
The koala and gang-gang cockatoo are among the 200 plants and animals that have been added to the threatened species list since 2016, while warming air and ocean temperatures, more extreme weather events, loss of native vegetation and poor access to water in Indigenous communities are just some of the grim findings in the latestThe only tiny sliver of hope is that emissions from the electricity sector have declined since 2016 and renewables have grown.
The biggest threat to Australia’s native animals since colonisation are introduced species. There are more than 200 invasive species that threaten Australia’s biodiversity, among them includes the European rabbit – which impacts 325 threatened land species, while the feral pig and cat both impact more than 100 threatened species.
The report found the mammals considered most at risk from extinction in the next 20 years mostly occur in northern Australia and south-west Western Australia. They include the central rock‑rat, the northern hopping mouse, the Carpentarian rock‑rat and the Christmas Island flying fox.Australia’s land and ocean temperatures have warmed by a mean of 1.4 degrees and 1.1 degrees since records began. We’ve already experienced our warmest year on record in 2019 and our warmest decade .
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