What precisely is so important about a tiny seed-eating bird that it can stall a massive coal mining project?
What exactly is the big deal about this tiny seed-eating bird that is stalling the Adani Carmichael coal in central Queensland?Birdlife Australia says it is already extinct in NSWLast night, the proposed coal mine was dealt a massive blow when the Queensland Department of Environment and Science rejected Adani's current management plan for the southern black-throated finch.The Carmichael mine would take up one of the last remaining healthy habitats for the black-throated finch.
"The black-throated finch inhabits grassy woodland dominated by eucalypts, paperbarks or acacias where there is accessibility to seeding grasses," DES said. "Recent records from Queensland suggest that riparian habitat is particularly important as it seems to provide shelter within a highly fragmented and modified environment."
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