‘Tangled mess of inaction’: hundreds of threatened species recovery plans expiring in next six months
by Lisa Cox from on (#667VE)
Growing list facing extinction and underresourcing of conservation means plans have not been updated
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Hundreds of plans for the recovery of threatened species will reach their use-by date in the next six months as the government considers how to reform Australia's flawed system of environmental protections.
Documents released to Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws detail how underresourcing, disagreement with state governments, and the growing list of species threatened with extinction have constrained the federal environment department's ability to get on top of a backlog of conservation work.
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