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  Media Release: Industry Impacts on Threatened Species Ignored

  Sep 7, 2023

  Image @ Eric J Woehler

  Industry Impacts on Threatened Species Ignored

  7 September 2023

   

  On threatened species day a number of Recovery Plans and Conservation Advices were released by the Federal Government for some of the nation’s most at risk species. For Tasmania, this included a recovery plan for the Swift Parrot and a conservation advice for the Maugean skate, both  endangered species. 

  However, the management recommendations for both species differ substantially. Advice for the skate recommends, “significantly reducing fish biomass” in Macquarie Harbour, which properly addresses the main threat. But the Recovery Plan for the Swift Parrot does not require any changes to existing forestry practices, despite scientists identifying native forest logging as the key threat to the species for many years.

   

  Read the Media Release below:

  Independent scientists call on the Government to properly regulate the impact of industry on threatened species

   

   

  Tags: #Biodiversity

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