Can this app put Australia's biodiversity 'crisis' on the election agenda?
Can this app put Australia's biodiversity 'crisis' on the election agenda?/
Researchers have launched a web-based app that they hope will put Australia's "threatened species crisis" at the top of the election agenda.
Key points:
- The app allows users to search for threatened species in their electorate and petition their local member
- Threatened species have been declining in Australia for decades
- Researchers have hit out at the government for failing to release a significant environment report it's had since last year
Threatened Australians, which was launched last week, allows users to access a profile of all the threatened species reported to be found — or which were until recently found — in their electorate.
For each species that is recorded, there are details on what threats are …
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