Exclusive: Conservation
staff say 955 species face extinction across the state
Tue 11
Sep 2018 01.00 BSTLast modified on Tue 11 Sep
2018 01.46 BST
The
entire state of Queensland has
no overarching conservation strategy to save its native species, according to a
leaked internal review that criticises a lack of funding, planning and
management of threatened wildlife.
The
damning report obtained by Guardian Australia is an evaluation by staff in the
conservation and sustainability services division of the Queensland Department
of Environment and Science, the lead agency responsible for protecting native
wildlife in the state.
It
highlights alarm that the state does not have a comprehensive policy to guide
threatened species work and that practices known to significantly improve the
survival of species, such as protecting critical habitat, have been neglected,
despite Queensland having twice as many plants and animals as any other state
or territory.
“There is
currently no overarching strategy to prioritise, guide and/or coordinate the
management and conservation of threatened species in Queensland,” the review
states.
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