The Morrison government has defended Australia's efforts to protect threatened species a day after a global study detailed the prospect of a million species becoming extinct because of humans.
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| About 7.5 million hectares of habitat for endangered species in Australia has been cleared since 2000, the Australian Conservation Foundation estimates. |
The assessment report by the so-called "Paris Agreement for nature" identified more than 40 per cent of amphibian species and a third of marine mammals among those facing oblivion, while about 9 per cent of land-based species "have insufficient habitat for long-term survival”.
Federal Environment Minister Melissa Price said the Coalition had spent more than $425 million since 2014 on some 1300 projects to "protect and recover populations of threatened species”.
Other efforts included the increase in Indigenous Protected Areas to 75, with some 67 million hectares managed by traditional owners.
Read the story from The Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hannam - “'On a dark path': Coalition defends record after extinctions accelerate.”
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