AUSTRALIA CONSERVATION
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Environment
Australia to expand sub-Antarctic marine park to size larger than Germany
Sydney, Australia, Feb 23 (EFE).- Australia plans to triple the size of the protected Macquarie Island Marine Park to an…
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Australia announces plan to avoid further species extinction
Sydney, Australia, Oct 4 (EFE).- The Australian government on Tuesday announced a plan that aims to prevent further species extinctions…
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Australia adds large gliding marsupial to endangered species list
Sydney, Australia, Jul 5 (EFE).- Australia included Petauroides volans, an endemic mammal the size of a cat considered the largest…
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Australian activists urge gov’t to adopt Koala Protection Act
Sydney, Australia, Jun 22 (EFE).- Environmental activists on Wednesday presented a draft protection bill to the Australian government that seeks…
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Koalas now ‘endangered’ in three Australian states
Sydney, Australia, Feb 11 (EFE).- The koala population in three eastern Australian states were on Friday designated as endangered species,…
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Australia announces billion-dollar funding to protect Great Barrier Reef
Sydney, Australia, Jan 28 (EFE).- Australia announced Friday a further AU$1 billion ($704 million) aimed at protecting the Great Barrier…
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Invasive species threaten to extinguish Australian flora and fauna by 2050
Sydney, Australia, Nov 23 (EFE).- Invasive species such as European rabbits, feral cats and pigs, cane toads, foxes and weeds…
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