‘Out of sight and out of mind’: conservationists alarmed as NT land-clearing threatens endangered ghost bat habitat
by Lisa Cox from on (#6NGEH)
Conservationists urge Tanya Plibersek to call in Daly River pastoral clearing application for assessment under commonwealth nature laws
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A farming operation in the Northern Territory has proposed clearing almost 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of woodlands in a stronghold for the threatened ghost bat, Australia's largest predatory bat.
The territory's peak conservation organisation, the Environment Centre NT, and a scientific expert on the species have called on the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, to use her powers to call in the project in the Daly River region for assessment under commonwealth nature laws.
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