Several NGOs have recognised this disturbing loss of Australian
biodiversity, and with financial input largely from the community, have set up
wildlife refuges and undertaken innovative research, monitoring, restoratio, and
weed and feral animal control programs to limit and in some cases reverse
declining native species populations. Some of these properties have quite large
feral-proof enclosures inside which re-introduced threatened native animals have
flourished.
The outstanding NGOs, in my view, are Australian Wildlife Conservancy and
Bush Heritage Australia. Both have good web sites.
Cheers,
Bruce
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Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 12:51 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Reserves- Extinction
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From: boy
nature
Sent: 05/06/13
12:26 PM
To:
Subject: Reserves-
Extinction
After reading the
Australian Geographic of 2003, I reorganised my thoughts on conservation. When
you think about it most small mammals have gone extinct, over this massive,
massive continent. I believe it is time to say, enough is enough. WA has good
examples in Shark Bay with Faure Island, Francios Peron Penninsula &
Heirisson Prong, where areas are set aside for conservation, eradicating pests
& reintroducing native animals.
I believe this is
no solution.
But the time is
beyond past, and we need to ensure last populations survive, at least until we
find better solutions.
Possible examples
of WA's good examples are
Guerilla island-
Burrewarra point- fence off
The two islands on
Lake burley griffin.
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