Australia's threatened species protections are being rewritten. But what's really needed is money and legal teeth
- Written by: Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
ShutterstockThe federal government has proposed replacing almost 200 recovery plans to improve the plight of threatened species and habitat with “conservation advice”, which has less legal clout. While critics have lamented the move, in reality it’s no great loss.
Recovery plans are the central tool available to the federal...
