WILDLIFE: "Where the wild things are"

The Age
9 September 2008

According to Rodney van der Ree, senior ecologist at the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, only 1.7% of uncleared bushland survives in the inner city - mainly along the Yarra River and places such as Merri Creek.

But there is some good news for our furry (and slimy) friends. Federal and state laws identify and protect threatened species, although conservationists such as Carrie Deutsch from Victoria Naturally Alliance (a coalition of eight environment groups, including the Australian Conservation Foundation) criticise the level of protection that these actually offer.

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