'Global embarrassment': Critics deride plan to stop plant and animal extinctions

By Nicole Hasham
Updated January 21 2018 - 7:40am, first published 7:12am
Koalas are listed as a vulnerable species. Photo: Cole Bennetts
Koalas are listed as a vulnerable species. Photo: Cole Bennetts

An official plan to protect the nation's animals and plants has been denounced by critics as a "global embarrassment" as a federal government adviser warns that future generations of Australians may never know a world rich in nature.

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