Environment Minister Pledges ‘Zero Extinctions’ in Australia Within 10 Years
Australia’s Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has unveiled a ten-year conservation plan to ensure there are no “new extinctions of plants and animals.”
On Oct. 4, the Labor minister released “The Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032” which outlines a series of ambitious targets, including preventing new extinctions, conserving 30 percent of Australia’s land mass, adding 10 threatened species to the priority species list, and spending $224.5 million on the Saving Native Species program.
“These are the strongest targets we’ve ever seen,” Plibersek said in a statement. “Based on input from researchers and experts from the community, this plan identifies 20 priority places and 110 priority species and will guide recovery actions that will benefit a broad range of threatened species and their habitats.”…