Australia to lose 45 species in 20 years: study

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    CANBERRA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Up to 45 native species in Western Australia's Kimberley region will die out within 20 years if no action is taken, latest study showed on Wednesday.
    The Priority Threat Management to Protect Kimberley Wildlife report, released by Commonwealth（英联邦） Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Wednesday, was commissioned by the Wilderness¹ Society.
    The report showed that at present, 20.2 million U.S. dollars a year is spent on conservation efforts in the Kimberley, which is home to an assortment² of threatened species.
    However, the report said even if that money was spent properly, the region would still lose some 31 native animals.
    The numbers of many more birds, reptiles³ and mammals, such as the Spotted⁴ Tree Monitor and the Western Chestnut⁵ Mouse, would dwindle⁶.
    It called for an immediate⁷ cash injection of 96 million U.S. dollars to save creatures like the Golden Bandicoot, the Scaly- Tailed Possum and the Monjon Rock Wallaby from extinction⁸.
    It will follow by an ongoing⁹ investment of 40.43 million U.S. dollars annually¹⁰ in the Kimberley to protect its species, as well as boost plant life, help the climate and conserve¹¹ indigenous¹² land.
    "This investment is great value," one of the report's six co- authors Hugh Possingham said in a statement released on Wednesday.
    "We can save some of Australia's most iconic mammals and birds at a cost of only about one million U.S. dollars per species per year."(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)