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The population density in Australia beyond the coastline and major cities has been very low since the arrival of European settlers, and there are large tracts of land where it is very difficult for people to manage even large feral animals like camels, horses, donkeys and water buffalos.
Australia has some of the largest mining operations in the southern hemisphere and is a major exporter of several resources that have significant environmental effects, most notably coal and uranium. Australia has the largest reserves of uranium in the world and there has been a number of enquiries on uranium mining.
Protected areas cover 895,288 km 2 of Australia's land area, or about 11.5% of the total land area. Of these, two-thirds are considered strictly protected (IUCN categories I to IV), and the rest is mostly managed resources protected area (IUCN category VI). There are also 200 marine protected areas, which cover a further 64.8 million hectares. [3]
However, if food supplies are good and there’s plenty of cover for hiding, you can have 10 or more chipmunks per acre! Only the eastern chipmunk ( Tamias striatus ) lives in the Southeast.
According to Tim Flannery (The Future Eaters), fire is one of the most important forces at work in the Australian environment.Some plants have evolved a variety of mechanisms to survive or even require bushfires (possessing epicormic shoots or lignotubers that sprout after a fire, or developing fire-resistant or fire-triggered seeds), or even encourage fire (eucalypts contain flammable oils in ...
Chipmunks and squirrels are lovable creatures and fun to watch – but they can ruin your carefully tended landscape by digging holes in your yard and scattering mulch. Thankfully, there are ...
This is a list of major bushfires in Australia. The list contains individual bushfires and bushfire seasons that have resulted in fatalities, or bushfires that have burned in excess of 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres), or was significant for its damage to particular Australian landmarks.
There are no documented examples of feral goats severely damaging large areas in absence of other herbivores, but they contribute their share of damage to the vegetation, soil and native fauna in areas of overgrazed pastoral land. [1] Feral goats can deplete the soil's protective cover of vegetation and break up the soil crust with their hooves ...