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Updated · tasgreensmps.org · Aug 18

Tasmanian Greens Urge Habitat Curbs at 4 Key Bird Sites as Bird Flu Threatens Species

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Updated · tasgreensmps.org · Aug 18

Tasmanian Greens Urge Habitat Curbs at 4 Key Bird Sites as Bird Flu Threatens Species

1 articles · Updated · tasgreensmps.org · Aug 18

Parliament questions prompted Tasmania’s environment minister to confirm plans for species deemed critically at risk from bird flu, sharpening pressure for stronger habitat protections.
Bird flu has already killed petrels, gulls and crested terns in the state, with the Greens warning coastal colonial birds and waterfowl face the clearest danger.
Four sites named by the party — the Furneaux Group’s seabird islands, St Helens Conservation Area, Moulting Lagoon and Orford Bird Sanctuary — are among areas it wants shielded from human disturbance.
Hunting, dog-walking and four-wheel driving are still allowed in some reserves where threatened birds live and breed, a gap conservationists say leaves formally protected habitat exposed.
The Greens are pressing the minister to apply the precautionary principle and work with others to formally protect high-importance bird areas across Lutruwita/Tasmania.

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