According to the Planetary Boundaries framework, biodiversity loss is the most severe of all the ecological crises we face. Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate in the world: 29 native mammals have become extinct since European settlement. To put this in a global context, 1 out of 3 mammal extinctions in the last 400 years have occurred in Australia. More than 1,700 species of animals and plants are listed by the Australian Government as being at risk of extinction. Nearly 1 in 4 of our mammal species and around 1 in 7 of our bird species are listed as threatened. Heres a run-down of the critically endangered species featured in SHIFT magazine so far: Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat: shift-magazine.org/magazine/the-critically-endangered-species-file-northern-hairy-nosed-wombat/ Leatherback Turtle: shift-magazine.org/magazine/the-critically-endangered-species-file-leatherback-turtle/ Woylie: shift-magazine.org/magazine/the-critically-endangered-species-file-the-woylie/ Murray Cod: shift-magazine.org/magazine/the-critically-endangered-species-file-murray-cod/ Orange-bellied Parrot: shift-magazine.org/magazine/the-critically-endangered-species-file-orange-bellied-parrot/
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 03:15:00 +0000
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