Tasmania’s swift parrot set to follow the dodo

> Tasmania’s swift parrot set to follow the dodo > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150326111037.htm > > The iconic Tasmanian swift parrot is facing population collapse and could become extinct within 16 years, new research has found. Swift parrots are major pollinators of blue and black gum trees which are crucial to the forestry industry, which controversially continues to log swift parrot habitat. >


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