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"Almost 26,000 hectares of threatened species habitat was greenlit for
destruction in 2024 – more than double the previous year – according to
analysis that environmentalists are using to pressure Anthony Albanese to
revive his stalled nature watchdog.
A new Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) report has revealed a huge
increase in the scale of habitat approved to be cleared under federal
environmental protection laws in the past 12 months.
The ACF’s latest annual “extinction wrapped” report found 25,769 hectares of
threatened species habitat is set to be bulldozed as a result of 48 project
applications rubber-stamped in 2024.
That area, which the ACF says is equivalent in size to 92 Sydney CBDs, was up
from 10,426 hectares of habitat in 2023.
More than 3,000 hectares of koala habitat is set to be razed, including in
excess of 1,400 hectares to clear the path for one section of the inland rail
project through New South Wales.
The ACF’s report focuses on the impact to individual species, meaning that if a
100-hectare area was home to three native species, it would be counted as 300
hectares of lost habitat in the overall tally."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
