Save Our Threatened Species
According to WWF-Australia, we have the highest mammal extinction rate in the world and our native species face increasing threats from invasive species, land clearing and a changing climate.
Nearly 40 per cent of mammal extinctions globally in the last 200 years have occurred in Australia. The major factors driving this shocking extinction record are habitat destruction and alteration, invasive species and altered fire regimes, and climate change is set to add to the list of threats.
Most Australian species are unique to the continent, and extinction here means extinction globally. One important way you can help us reverse the loss of habitat and preserve their (and our) environment is by combating climate change, which is set to become the number one threat to Australian species.
What you can do to help:
- Switch off unused lights
- Switch off appliances on standby
- Change to energy efficient light globes
- Take shorter showers
- Install a triple A rated shower head
- Pump up your tyres to the correct tyre pressure
- Switch to Greenpower
- Install a solar hot water system
- Walk, cycle or catch public transport
- Support WWF so they can continue their work on critical environmental issues such as climate change
The decline of rock wallabies is likely to continue as a consequence of global climate change, with changes to and losses of habitat and food resources and the increasing occurrence and severity of drought.
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