Study estimates the cost of preventing extinction of Australia's priority species
A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia's ...
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Growing $157 billion problem Australia can't afford to fix: 'A lot to be saved'
The nature-saving estimates were released in collaboration with World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia (WWF-Australia) as part of an investigation into the cost of the federal government’s plan to ...
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More than $15bn a year to save threatened species
Climate change and other threats have 16 species headed for extinction no matter how much money is spent, new research shows.
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‘Shocking’ report lists devastation to Australia wildlife; ecosystems showing signs of collapse due to climate crisis, habitat loss
“The findings of this report are heartbreaking, and the leadership failures that have led to loss at this scale devastating,” said WWF-Australia acting chief executive Rachel Lowry.
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Report reveals 9.6-bln-USD annual cost of saving Australian species from extinction
She said that reversing the decline of the species and undoing the damage done by habitat loss, disease and other threats would cost 103.7 billion AUD (64.4 billion USD) annually, and getting them off ...
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Australian bandicoot brought back from brink of extinction
Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate of any country in the world, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Australia. The project marks bringing100 animals from Scotland to Gloucestershire ...
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The cost of preventing extinction of Australia's priority species
Dr Romola Stewart, a co-author and WWF-Australia's Head of Evaluation and Science, said the paper highlighted the true cost of ineffective nature laws and inadequate species funding.