Quantity not quality: Australia's conservation expansion is failing biodiversity
March 24, 2026
March 24, 2026
BRISBANE, Australia, March 24 -- The University of Queensland posted the following news:
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Quantity not quality: Australia's conservation expansion is failing biodiversity
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Key points
* The land gazetted for protection jumped from 12.8 per cent of Australia in 2010 to 22.3 per cent in 2022.
* 160 threatened species, about 10 per cent of all listed plants and animals, have little to no coverage in the nati . . .
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Quantity not quality: Australia's conservation expansion is failing biodiversity
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Key points
* The land gazetted for protection jumped from 12.8 per cent of Australia in 2010 to 22.3 per cent in 2022.
* 160 threatened species, about 10 per cent of all listed plants and animals, have little to no coverage in the nati . . .