Conservation plans help boost threatened mammals, scientists find

While some species have declined by more than a third overall, where conservation measures are in place they have increased by 46%Populations of some Australian mammals declined by more than a third over two decades, but sites with clear conservation management saw improvements in their populations of 46%, according to new research.The figures are the first tranche of data in Australia’s Threatened Species Index for mammals, which combines data from monitoring programs across the country t