{"id":3581,"date":"2019-09-03T04:39:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T04:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3581"},"modified":"2019-09-03T04:39:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T04:39:46","slug":"endandgered-wallabies-global-population-to-triple-from-nsw-government-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/09\/03\/endandgered-wallabies-global-population-to-triple-from-nsw-government-program\/","title":{"rendered":"ENDANDGERED WALLABIES GLOBAL POPULATION TO TRIPLE FROM NSW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Environment Minister Matt Kean has today announced the successful reintroduction of a critically endangered wallaby into a large feral predator proof fenced area within Pilliga State Conservation Area, near Narrabri.<br \/>\nMr Kean said the releases are part of the NSW Governments ten-year\u00a0<em>Saving our Species<\/em>\u00a0program that would see the global population of Bridled Nail-tail Wallabies triple.<br \/>\n\u201cCurrent estimates suggest there are 2,500 Bridled Nail-tail Wallabies in the world. Our NSW Government program will see that number boost to more than 6,000 \u2013 that\u2019s a massive boost to the global population,\u201d Mr Kean said.<br \/>\n\u201cAustralia has the worst mammal extinction rate in the world, but NSW has the opportunity to turn around our extinction and threatened species rates, by expanding our rewilding programs and focusing on eradicating feral species.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s not just about preserving what we have, it\u2019s about bringing back what we have lost. It makes me incredibly proud to see these amazing endangered Bridled Nail-tail Wallabies returning home to NSW.\u201d<br \/>\nThe reintroduction was made possible through the collaboration of the NSW Government (National Parks and Wildlife Service), Queensland Government (Department of Environment and Science) the Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Recovery Group and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC).<br \/>\nAWC Chief Executive Tim Allard said projects like this will see the future secured for this species.<br \/>\n\u201cWe need to take radical action now to stop more extinctions. The fact that only very recently, the Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby was thought to be extinct shows collaborative efforts can protect our natural heritage,\u201d Mr Allard said.<br \/>\nThe NSW Government has committed $100million to secure populations of threatened species in the wild under the broader\u00a0<em>Saving our Species<\/em>\u00a0program, with a further $41.3 million for this specific project.<br \/>\nUnder this project, 13 mammal species will be reintroduced to select national parks in western NSW, with Brush-tailed Bettongs and Numbats among the species still to come.<br \/>\nMallee Cliffs and Sturt National Parks are also part of the program and further reintroductions will occur in these parks in the near future.<br \/>\n<strong>For more on NSW Government Saving Our Species Program:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.environment.nsw.gov.au\/topics\/animals-and-plants\/threatened-species\/saving-our-species-program\">https:\/\/www.environment.nsw.gov.au\/topics\/animals-and-plants\/threatened-species\/saving-our-species-program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environment Minister Matt Kean has today announced the successful reintroduction of a critically endangered wallaby into a large feral predator proof fenced area within Pilliga State Conservation Area, near Narrabri. Mr Kean said the releases are part of the NSW Governments ten-year\u00a0Saving our Species\u00a0program that would see the global population of Bridled Nail-tail Wallabies triple. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/09\/03\/endandgered-wallabies-global-population-to-triple-from-nsw-government-program\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ENDANDGERED WALLABIES GLOBAL POPULATION TO TRIPLE FROM NSW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM&#8221;<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581","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=3581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}