SYDNEY: Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday, warning that more species were headed for extinction.The five-yearly State of the Environment report prompted calls for dramatic action to reverse the 'poor and deteriorating' state of flora and fauna depicted by scientists on land and at sea.
'Australia has lost more mammal species than any other continent,' the report said, with the number of new species listed as being under greater threat up by eight percent in five years.Australia's cities are also growing at a rapid clip, scientists found, raising urban heat, pollution and waste while stretching water and energy resources.'Sydney has lost more than 70 percent of native vegetation cover through development,' the report said.
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