The swift parrot is on the brink of extinction, and only hundreds of birds exist. The report released today by the Wilderness Society, BirdLife Tasmania and the Tree Projects calls on the State Government to take the essential step needed to save the swift parrot \u2013 scrapping Tasmania\u2019s annual minimum sawlog quota. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Report\u2019s Protection Plan builds on the work of ANU scientists and conservationists who have confirmed the biggest threat to the critically endangered swift parrot\u2019s survival is native forest logging. This parrot\u2019s future hinges on the reduction, or removal, of Forestry Tasmania\u2019s mandated 137,000 cubic metre annual sawlog target. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greens senator for lutruwita\/Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Instead of prioritising the protection of this nationally significant and critically endangered species, Scott Morrison is politicising forestry and looking set to scrap the federal recovery plan for the swift parrot. The swift parrot is on the brink of extinction, and only hundreds of birds exist. The report released today by the Wilderness Society, BirdLife Tasmania and the Tree Projects calls on the State Government to take the essential step needed to save the swift parrot \u2013 scrapping Tasmania\u2019s annual minimum sawlog quota. The Report\u2019s Protection … Continue reading “Liberals must scrap mandated logging target to save Swift Parrot from extinction”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15049,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15048\/revisions\/15049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“A real leader would be protecting what makes this place special, its biodiversity and iconic species. Instead, he is championing climate-denying forest destruction and pushing species like the swift parrot towards extinction.
“Federal Labor have been silent on the protection of lutruwita\/Tasmania\u2019s forests.
“In the balance of power after the federal election the Greens will push the next Government and its state counterparts to support an end to native forest logging in Tasmania \u2013 like we\u2019ve seen in WA and Victoria. It\u2019s the right thing to do for the climate and biodiversity restoration, and it\u2019s what needed to protect critically endangered species like the swift parrot.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"