At 07:18 22/01/2001 +0000, Mark Sanders wrote:
In my experience, the listing and legeslation for protection of QLD native
Fauna is pitiful. For example, several species that are listed as
NATIONALLY vulnerable, are absent from all queensland legeslation (eg The
Border Thick-tailed Gecko - Underwoodisaurus phyrurus). Can someone please
explain to me how a species that is considered as Nationally vulnerable is
not then considered to be even Threatened, Vulnerable or Rare in QLD. They
are several examples of this and other flaws...and that is just the tip of
the iceburge as far as holes in QLD legeslation. (another eg is that one
of the last known population of Greater Gliders within Brisbane/Goldcoast
area is about to be cleared for development).
There have been variants on this discussion before. Hooded Plovers are
considered threatened in Australia but certainly not in Western Australia
where flocks of 100s can be recorded. There are other species with similar
distributions.
It of course also works the other way where a species is OK in Australia as
a whole but is locally threatened. e.g. Grey-crowned Babbler in Victoria.
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