BirdLife Australia has welcomed a recent announcement by Queensland Premier Steven Miles, which is able to reinforce protections for the very important wetlands of the Channel Country inside the Lake Eyre Basin.
Chris Purnell, BirdLife Australia’s Wetland Birds Program Manager, emphasised the important significance of those wetlands for the survival of a few of Australia’s most unusual and threatened wetland-dependent chook species, together with the Endangered Australian Painted-snipe.
“In instances of flood these wetlands growth with breeding waterbirds. Herons, cormorants, pelicans and different wetland birds from throughout Australia will collect within the Channel Country within the tens of hundreds to breed and develop their flocks. Today’s announcement of recent environmental rules, together with banning future oil and gasoline tasks, will assist defend this particular place and guarantee our wonderful waterbirds thrive,” mentioned Purnell.
As effectively as waterbirds, large flocks of Budgerigar collect on the Lake Eyre Basin in Queensland, Australia (PotMart186 through commons.wikimedia.org).
Sheena Gillman, BirdLife Southern Queensland Conservation Officer ‒ a driving power behind BirdLife Australia’s public marketing campaign advocating for enhanced protections within the Channel Country ‒ additionally endorsed the announcement. She urged the Miles Government to grab this chance for funding in sustainable nature-based tourism, saying: “After years of campaigning to guard this particular place, chook and nature lovers shall be celebrating the Queensland Government’s announcement to take away the specter of oil and gasoline within the Channel Country.
“Investment in sustainable tourism alternatives is the following step and can present regional rural communities a long-term financial various. Birdwatchers the world over make the pilgrimage to the Lake Eyre Basin throughout instances of flood to witness the spectacle of hundreds of waterbirds congregating collectively.
“We stay up for working with the Queensland Government to guard and promote this particular a part of Australia.”
