Qld: Life support system pushed to the limit: report

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2009
Qld: Life support system pushed to the limit: report

A new report shows Australia's pushing the limits of its natural life support system.

Environment Minister PETER GARRETT has launched "Australia's Biodiversity and Climate
Change" report at the International Congress of Ecology in Brisbane today.

The report says the effects of climate change in Australia are already visible at the
genetic .. species and ecosystems level.

It says the biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef .. southwest Western Australia ..

the Australian Alps .. Queensland's Wet Tropics and the Kakadu Wetlands are under threat.

The report recommends better management of existing and new threats .. a new national
vision for biodiversity .. increased investment in the environment and a strategy to tackle
emissions.

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KEYWORD: CLIMATE REPORT (BRISBANE)

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