Residents in Kalkarindji urged to move to higher ground due to an Emergency Warning for Victoria River. Professor Hugh Possingham expresses concern about the declining number of species and their long-term future.
An Emergency Warning is in place for the Victoria River at Kalkarindji in Northern Territory , with residents urged to move to higher ground. For the latest, search on PROF. HUGH POSSINGHAM, BIODIVERSITY COUNCIL: The moorhen. PETER MCCUTCHEON: Professor Hugh Possingham is both a mathematician and an ecologist – who is becoming increasingly alarmed about what the numbers are telling him.
HUGH POSSINGHAM: The maths tells us, and the modelling tells us, unless a species has at least 5,000 individuals, and that’s a lot, and many of our species are way below 5,000 individuals, their long-term future is precarious. PETER MCCUTCHEON: 7.30 caught up with the former Queensland chief scientist at one of his favourite bird watching places – Brisbane’s Sherwood Arboretum HUGH POSSINGHAM: There’s a nice diversity of habitats. We have recorded over 170 bird species here in this little park. PETER MCCUTCHEON: Professor Possingham says birds are a good indicator of the state of the environment – and the latest surveys are deeply worryin
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