Success sees us queeze out all other life forms

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umans have been so successful that we are simple squeezing out all other life forms.

In fact we have been so successful that we ourselves are also on the endangered list as explained by Elizabeth Kolbert in her book “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History”.

Most everything we do as humans threatens other life forms for as we seek, endlessly to expand our living space, so we reduce or limit that of others.

Interestingly, the Guardian reports that successive Australian governments have failed to protect the habitat of the country’s most endangered creatures, with 90% of the 120 most endangered animals having no safeguards to prevent the loss of their homes, according to a new study.

An analysis by environmental groups of the official recovery plans for Australia’s endangered wildlife has discovered that just 12 of the 120 most endangered animals were covered by plans that placed limits on the future loss of their habitat.

This is despite the fact that habitat loss due to developments such as housing and mining is considered to be the primary threat to nearly 70% of these at-risk species.

Read the Guardian story - “Threatened Australian wildlife at grave risk from habitat loss, studyfinds”.