Bureaucrats pushed for swift parrot recovery plan to be changed to play down logging threat

Exclusive: Revisions revealed through FOI are more focused on protecting forestry industry than preventing species going extinct, scientists argue

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Tasmanian and federal bureaucrats pushed for a recovery plan for a critically endangered parrot species to be changed to remove and play down the scientific evidence that logging was the biggest threat to its survival.

Scientists said the proposed changes to the recovery plan for the swift parrot - revealed in draft versions made available under freedom of information laws - were more focused on protecting the forestry industry than preventing the species going extinct.

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