Report reveals 9.6-bln-USD annual cost of saving Australian species from extinction

NAMPA / Xinhua

2025-02-04

SYDNEY, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Saving Australia's priority species from extinction would cost almost 10 billion U.S. dollars annually for 30 years, a new report has found. The report published on Tuesday found that preventing extinction for 99 priority species would cost an estimated 15.6 billion Australian dollars (9.6 billion U.S. dollars) per year. The federal government in 2022 committed to reversing the decline of 110 priority species. The......

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