This is a sobering piece on the impacts of invasive species – particularly mammals – on extinction rates.
How can we stop this? One way is to restore populations of top order predators to control the smaller ones and promote coexistence.
In Australia this would mean dingoes or Tassie devils. Thoughts?
New figures released today by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) shows the expansion of the National Park estate has almost ground to a halt since the Coalition came to power in 2011.
According to the NSW Report on Native Vegetation 2013-141 the average annual rate of National Park additions under the Coalition to 2013-14 is just 9,753ha—a 95% reduction on the previous six-year average of 173,965ha.2
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