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Australia announces 10-year-plan for zero extinction target for its animals and plants

The plan incorporates the Albanese government's earlier pledge to guarantee that 30% of both land and sea areas are in conservation reserves by 2030 and builds upon a paper made public by the previous administration. Additionally, there are now 110 priority species, and there are now 20 places instead of just six.

Anurakti Sharma

Updated Oct 4, 2022, 21:22 IST

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

The objective to safeguard an additional 50 million hectares of land and water by 2027
It also aims to enhance the trajectory of 110 species and 20 locations.

Melbourne: The Australian government has announced a plan to curb the extinction of crisis of its fauna and flora species, hoping to save 110 of them. The purpose of the federal government is to stop any further extinctions of Australian species.

It is the first time a federal government has said that it wants to prevent all of the country's plant and animal species from going extinct. The objective is a component of a 10-year strategy to safeguard an additional 50 million hectares of land and water by 2027 and to enhance the trajectory of 110 species and 20 locations.

Tanya Plibersek, the minister of the environment and water, declared that the government was establishing "the strongest targets we've ever seen" in an effort to reverse the environmental crisis highlighted in this year's State of the Environment report, The Guardian reported.

Our existing strategy hasn't been effective. We'll continue to have the same outcomes if we carry on as we have been, she remarked.

Additionally, there are now 110 priority species, and there are now 20 places instead of just six. The plan's aims, which were made clear and included a goal of zero extinctions, were well received by conservationists.

However, they criticised Australia's threatened species plan because it was still "picking winners" by choosing so-called priority species while almost 2,000 were already recognised as threatened by national laws.

They claimed that stopping extinctions will necessitate significantly more money for conservation efforts, the recovery of threatened species, and action to halt major threats, particularly habitat destruction.

If governments kept opening up additional coal and gas deposits, the Australian Greens claimed the objectives would be "unachievable."

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