ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Questions over land clearing in North Queensland where vulnerable species are thought to live | 7.30” – below is their description.
Australia has one of the highest rates of extinction in the developed world and the trend, if anything, is getting worse. Tonight, 7.30 can reveal what critics see as a major loophole in our environmental protection laws.
Peter McCutcheon looks at an example of large-scale tree clearing taking place without any requirement for an assessment of its impact on threatened species.
ABC News (Australia) YouTube Channel
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