Tanya Plibersek urged to save Gouldian finches from NT defence development
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#638C4)
Conservationists call on government to reconsider project near Darwin after 100-plus birds were spotted in bushland marked for clearing
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The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, is being urged to intervene to save a population of endangered Gouldian finches threatened by a defence development in the Northern Territory.
The first stage of clearing to allow a defence housing development in savannah woodlands at Lee Point, in Darwin's north, has already occurred, having been approved in 2019.
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