NSW's threatened species rise, climate impacts increase, major report finds

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The number of threatened plants and animals in NSW continues to climb and impacts on biodiversity and the economy from climate change will keep intensifying, major report finds | p_hannam

Critics say the triennial report, released to parliament on Thursday, probably underplays the extent of the threats because some figures - such as land clearing rates - are only provided to 2014-15, and have accelerated since as native vegetation controls have eased.The number of threatened species has risen three per cent since the last report in 2016, with 1025 varieties of plants and animals deemed at risk of extinction. Some 112 ecological communities are also at risk.

The report found average temperatures for the 2008-17 decade are 0.99 degrees higher than the 1910-39 period, with 2014 and 2017 reaching up to 1.5 degrees higher. "We’re using more cleaner and renewable sources for electricity, and greenhouse gas emissions are down 22 per cent since 1990," he said. "Industry and household waste to landfill is decreasing, littering is down, and garden and food waste recycling is increasing."

Brush-tailed rock-wallabies, which are listed as endangered in NSW, have their former range from Queensland to Victoria shrink drastically.Other dated figures include waste and greenhouse emissions, the latter only to 2016.

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