Kangaroo Island
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| Area | 4405 |
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| Locations | Great Australian Bight |
| Population | 4,259 (2006) |
| Destinations | Flinders Chase National Park |
| Kingscote | |
| Did you know | There is an airport on Kangaroo Island at Kingscote. |
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| ID | 735729 |
About Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island lies off the mainland of South Australia, southwest of Adelaide. Over a third of the island is protected in nature reserves, home to native wildlife like sea lions, koalas and diverse bird species. In the west, Flinders Chase National Park is known for penguin colonies and striking coastal rock formations, like the sculpted Remarkable Rocks and the stalactite-covered Admirals Arch.
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... These included the Pugh s frog, Blue Mountains water skink and the Kangaroo Island dunnart...
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... fury of Large bushfires continue on Saturday in regions to the South and South-East of the country, including Kangaroo Island - have so far missed out on the rain...
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... In South Australia the fire inferno fought on Kangaroo Island...
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... As elsewhere, would be? In South Australia, authorities are called, the burning for evacuations in the Vivonne Bay - a town on Kangaroo Island is like a fire out of control...
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Australia fires: 113 animal species 'need help'
Koalas are one of the 19 mammalian species in need of urgent help
Australia has 113 species of animals found, the need for "urgent help" were fire destroyed according to their numbers and habitats through the latest Bush.
In a welcome find, there seemed to be no extinction of species, the government said.
But had almost all of the species on The List , lost at least 30% of their habitat due to the mammoth blazes in The South and East over Australia's summer.
Koalas and kangaroos, as well as bird, fish and frog species are among those who help The Most , experts said.
the researchers had previously estimated that, that burnt large parts of the temperate forest and Grassland .
Getty species the worst affected by the fires13birds
20reptiles
5 inverterbrates
19 mammals
22 cancers
17fish
source: wildlife and endangered species, Bushfire Recovery Expert PanelA preliminary list, released on Tuesday, narrowed a field of hundreds of fire-affected species to those that act The Most urgent conservation measures. It was developed by the government
The panel was confronted with some highly endangered species, the "immediate danger of extinction", because almost all of their habitat has been destroyed. These included the Pugh's frog, Blue Mountains water skink and the Kangaroo Island dunnart.
The Kangaroo Island dunnart is endemic to the southern Australian island devastated by a major fire in January, The Northern corroboree frog in New South Wales was already. as in the category of the next extinctionOthers, such as the koala and the Smoky Mouse , had destroyed the "essential" sections, that is to say, you would have an emergency "intervention" to support your recovery
While many of the species on The List were already endangered before the fire, had considered other supplements that were safe.
"Many of the [species] have been threatened to be safe and not before the fires, but have now lost much of their habitat and may be at risk," said the panel in its report. to be
plant species and other invertebrates expected to be called in the next update of The List , said environment Minister Sussan Ley .
She Said the assessment of the true extent of the devastation is limited due to the ongoing fires in some areas and frozen terrain.
"Although it has been said evaluations some promising sightings of endangered animals in the fire-affected places, it is not safe to enter many areas still is, to more detailed on-the-spot," Mrs Ley.
in the Last month, Australia pledged A$50m (£26m; $33m) to the animal and plant world recovery. Money is spent on animals, food drops and the pest animal control programs.
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Source of news: bbc.com
