Threatened species: court asked to compel Australian ministers to create recovery plans
The Wilderness Society launches legal action in hope of helping animals on brink of extinction
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One of Australia’s largest conservation organisations has launched legal action alleging that successive federal environment ministers failed to meet their obligation to create recovery plans for native species threatened with extinction.
The Wilderness Society (TWS) filed the proceedings in the federal court on Monday.
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