Guardian: The head of the worlds leading conservation organisation has criticised the Australian governments attempt to strip world heritage protection from Tasmanias forests, as new data laid bare the vast number of ecosystems in Australia at risk of collapse.
Julia Marton-Lefvre, director general of the IUCN, the body that advises the United Nations on conservation matters, told Guardian Australia it was disappointing that the Abbott government had launched a bid to remove 74,000ha of Tasmanian...