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"Australia may be the world’s leader in mammal extinction, with accelerating
threats to native biodiversity in a changing climate – but successful
conservation efforts may provide a glimmer of hope.
New research suggests that 26 Australian species have recovered enough to no
longer meet the criteria for listing as threatened under the Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
The study, published in the journal
Biological Conservation, reviewed all
animals that were currently or previously listed as threatened under the act,
between 2000 and December 2022.
The analysis found that the population size and distributions of 14 mammal,
eight bird, two frog, one reptile and one fish species had sufficiently
improved to no longer meet listing criteria.
These included the greater bilby, burrowing bettong, western quoll, eastern
barred bandicoot, sooty albatross, Bulloo grey grasswren, and Murray cod.
In addition, three species that have been formally delisted have shown
legitimate recoveries, the research found: the humpback whale (delisted in
2022), whose numbers have rebounded after commercial whaling bans; and the
waterfall frog and common mistfrog (both delisted in 2020), two amphibians
whose numbers have stabilised after being decimated about 30 years ago by the
deadly chytrid fungus."
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
