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    Media Release: TISC Calls for UNESCO Action on Macquarie Harbour Environmental Crisis

    Apr 16, 2024

    TISC Calls for UNESCO Action on Macquarie Harbour Environmental Crisis

    16 April 2024

     

    In response to urgent appeals by environmental groups and the Tasmanian Independent Science Council (TISC), UNESCO has contacted the Albanese government to address the severe impacts of salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour that threaten the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and the endangered Maugean skate.

    TISC's recent letter to UNESCO underscores the Australian government’s critical failure to conduct thorough environmental assessments and calls for immediate measures to protect the area’s unique ecosystem. Aquaculture licences are currently under review by Minister Tanya Plibersek.

    Read the Media Release below:

    Urgent threat to the heritage value of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

     

    Tags: #Aquaculture

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