The habitats of threatened species are shrinking, despite laws set up to protect them – ABC

By science, environment and technology reporter Michael Slezak

Posted 7 Sep 2018

PHOTO: Agriculture is driving threatened-species habitat loss, a study shows. (ABC News: Stephanie Anderson, file photo)

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An area bigger than Tasmania has been carved from the habitats of threatened species in just 17 years, prompting one environmental researcher to describe the situation as a “deep shame for Australia”.

Australia holds the world record for extinctions of mammals, with 28 mammals recorded as having gone extinct since Europeans arrived.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-07/habitats-of-threatened-species-shrinking-despite-federal-laws/10208406