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'Shocking' report lists devastation to Australia wildlife
Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday.
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This file photo taken on January 9, 2020 shows a rescued kangaroo receiving care from volunteer Sarah Price of the wildlife rescue group WIRES, which works to save and rehabilitate animals following the months-long bushfire disaster, on the outskirts of Sydney. (AFP/Saeed Khan)
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ustralia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday, warning that more species are headed for extinction.
The five-yearly State of the Environment report prompted calls for dramatic action to reverse the "poor and deteriorating" state of flora and fauna depicted by scientists on land and at sea.
The damage is being hastened by a climate that has warmed Australia's average land temperature by 1.4 degrees Celsius since the early 20th century, the report said.
A failure to manage the pressures "will continue to result in species extinctions," scientists warned in the report.
Australia's environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said it was a "shocking document".
"If we continue on the trajectory that we are on now, we will see more threatened species, we will see drier rivers, we will see degraded landscape, we will see reefs dying," she told journalists.
"The path we are on is not sustainable."
