why the plan to protect the world’s wildlife falls short

  • Written by: Michelle Lim, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University
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It’s no secret the world’s wildlife is in dire straits. New data shows a heatwave in the Pacific Northwest killed more than 1 billion sea creatures in June, while Australia’s devastating bushfires of 2019-2020 killed or displaced 3 billion animals. Indeed, 1 million species face extinction worldwide.

These numbers are...

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