Plans for land clearing near a NSW mine where critically endangered swift parrots have been found point to a failure in Australia’s environmental laws, say advocates for the bird
The detection of an increased number of critically endangered swift parrots near a coal mine in north-west New South Wales highlights flaws in Australia’s national environmental laws, advocates say.
An Idemitsu spokesperson said recent extensive surveys had confirmed the presence of up to 16 parrots in habitat outside the areas covered by the Boggabri mining leases. “This extraordinary situation has exposed the urgent need to overhaul Australia’s environment laws,” Woods said. Woods said the government’s promised reform package for the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act “must ensure we identify and protect all remaining habitat for critically endangered species like the swift parrot”.Mick Roderick, BirdLife Australia’s representative on the swift parrot recovery team, said swift parrots were on “a fast track to extinction within the next 10 years if we continue with business as usual”.
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