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UNESCO conservation advisory IUCN elevates concern for World Heritage Gondwana rainforests
Ecologist Mark Graham has studied Australia’s Gondwana rainforests for decades and, after years of drought and bushfires, says things have never looked so dire.
Key points:
- Gondwana rainforests are now a “significant concern” for UNESCO’s conservation advisory group
- Three years ago the same group rated the rainforests “good, with some concern”
- The global report found climate change is now the number one threat to the planet’s natural world heritage
“To bear witness to the loss of some of these ecosystems . . . it’s a very upsetting thing to observe,” he said.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature [IUCN] this week rated Gondwana rainforests a “significant concern”. In 2017 the same report rated the forests as “good, with…
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