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A gift to the developers and loggers - Missing data in the government data management system
Missing rescue data casts doubts on effectiveness of policies to protect wildlife in NSW
"Four years of wildlife rescue data is missing from the New South Wales government's species tracking database BioNet, (The gateway to NSW biodiversity information) casting doubt over the accuracy of protection plans and development approvals.'
"A group of leading wildlife organisations estimates about 400,000 records of rescues are missing, including about 28,000 threatened species rescues."
"Analysis of BioNet data shows in some local government areas, wildlife rescue data hasn't been entered since mid-2019, despite being reported annually by dozens of wildlife rescue groups across the state."
"The absence of that data is a gift to the developers and may well have allowed the destruction of important habitat."...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-04/nsw-bionet-missing-four-years-wildlife-recue-data-/102805330
NSW BioNet The gateway to NSW biodiversity information.
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/biodiversity/nsw-bionet
#LoggingIndustry #logging #NSW #DB #BioNet #DataSparsity #ThreatenedSpecies #WIRES #biodiversity #Koalas #conservation #wildlife #EcologicalSurveys #CitizenScience -
A gift to the developers and loggers - Missing data in the government data management system
Missing rescue data casts doubts on effectiveness of policies to protect wildlife in NSW
"Four years of wildlife rescue data is missing from the New South Wales government's species tracking database BioNet, (The gateway to NSW biodiversity information) casting doubt over the accuracy of protection plans and development approvals.'
"A group of leading wildlife organisations estimates about 400,000 records of rescues are missing, including about 28,000 threatened species rescues."
"Analysis of BioNet data shows in some local government areas, wildlife rescue data hasn't been entered since mid-2019, despite being reported annually by dozens of wildlife rescue groups across the state."
"The absence of that data is a gift to the developers and may well have allowed the destruction of important habitat."...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-04/nsw-bionet-missing-four-years-wildlife-recue-data-/102805330
NSW BioNet The gateway to NSW biodiversity information.
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/biodiversity/nsw-bionet
#LoggingIndustry #logging #NSW #DB #BioNet #DataSparsity #ThreatenedSpecies #WIRES #biodiversity #Koalas #conservation #wildlife #EcologicalSurveys #CitizenScience