Tasmanian devils, whale sharks and threatened forests in NSW and Victoria are among almost 200 species and ecosystems that will no longer require recovery plans but merely conservation advice,The proposal to ditch the need for recovery plans for the 185 at-risk species and ecological communities is just the first tranche, with more to follow, the department said.
The committee’s chair, Helene Marsh, said the shift to relying on advice rather than developing specific plans was driven in part by the catastrophic 2019-20 bushfires. Recovery plans can take two to five years to develop. The environmental advice doesn’t have the same “legislative teeth” as recovery plans that typically also require habitat protections, Professor Watson said. They may be done by desktop analysis rather than more careful study.“This is a quick fix,” he said. “The minister is under pressure because she is legally obligated to review the plans every 10 years.”
p_hannam What's it to the lnp to loose another species. After all their willful neglect of fire warnings wiped out hundreds. The only species whose loss I won't regret is the lnp. auspol
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