Editing Tasmania (section)

==== Conservation ====
Like the rest of Australia, Tasmania suffers from an [[endangered species]] problem. In particular, many important Tasmanian subspecies and world-significant species of [[animal]] are classified as at risk in some way. A famous example is the [[Tasmanian devil]], which is endangered due to [[devil facial tumour disease]]. Some species have already gone [[extinct]], primarily due to [[Human impact on the environment|human interference]], such as in the case of the [[thylacine]] or the [[Tasmanian emu]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fact check: Does Australia have one of the 'highest loss of species anywhere in the world'? (CORRECT) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-19/fact-check-does-australia-have-one-of-the-highest-extinction/6691026 |newspaper=ABC News |date=19 August 2015 |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904011442/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-19/fact-check-does-australia-have-one-of-the-highest-extinction/6691026 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Extinct Tasmanian Species |url=https://www.ourtasmania.com.au/natural-extinct.html |website=Our Tasmania |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206183813/https://www.ourtasmania.com.au/natural-extinct.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In Tasmania, there are about 90 endangered, vulnerable, or threatened vertebrate species classified by the state or Commonwealth governments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Threatened Species List – Vertebrate Animals |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/conservation/threatened-species-and-communities/lists-of-threatened-species/threatened-species-vertebrates |website=DPIPWE |publisher=Tasmanian Government |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904011444/https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/conservation/threatened-species-and-communities/lists-of-threatened-species/threatened-species-vertebrates |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of a reliance on roads and private vehicle transport, and a high concentration of animal populations divided by this development, Tasmania has the worst (per kilometre) [[roadkill]] rate in the world, with 32 animals killed per hour and at least 300,000 per year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Tasmania, the roadkill capital of the world |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/tasmania-roadkill-capital-of-the-world/7021816 |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=14 December 2015 |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904011442/https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/tasmania-roadkill-capital-of-the-world/7021816 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Protected areas of Tasmania]] cover 21% of the island's land area in the form of [[national park]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=1362.6 – Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2007 |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/9A04C0D0F8F2241BCA257264000CAFFE?opendocument |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |date=6 February 2006 |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904011441/https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/9A04C0D0F8F2241BCA257264000CAFFE?opendocument |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area]] (TWWHA) was inscribed by [[UNESCO]] in 1982, where it is globally significant because "most UNESCO World Heritage sites meet only one or two of the ten criteria for that status. The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) meets 7 out of 10 criteria. Only one other place on earth—China’s [[Mount Tai]]shan—meets that many criteria".<ref>{{cite web |title=Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) |url=https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/tasmanian-wilderness-world-heritage-area-(twwha) |website=Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524175342/https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/tasmanian-wilderness-world-heritage-area-(twwha) |url-status=live }}</ref> 
Controversy surrounds the decision in 2014 by the [[Abbott Government|Abbott]] federal [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal government]] to request the area's delisting and opening for resource exploration (before it was rejected by the UN Committee at Doha),<ref>{{cite news |title=UNESCO rejects Coalition's bid to delist Tasmanian World Heritage forest |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-24/unesco-rejects-bid-to-delist-world-heritage-forest/5538946?nw=0&r=HtmlFragment#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Government%20has%20lost,reverse%20protection%20for%2074%2C000%20hectares. |access-date=4 September 2021 |agency=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=24 June 2014 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904012944/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-24/unesco-rejects-bid-to-delist-world-heritage-forest/5538946?nw=0&r=HtmlFragment#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Government%20has%20lost,reverse%20protection%20for%2074%2C000%20hectares. |url-status=live }}</ref> and the current [[mining]] and [[deforestation]] in the state's [[Tarkine]] region, the largest single [[temperate rainforest]] in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Tarkine National Heritage assessment |url=https://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/organisations/australian-heritage-council/national-heritage-assessments/tarkine |website=Department of Agriculture |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904011453/https://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/organisations/australian-heritage-council/national-heritage-assessments/tarkine |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Loynes |first1=Kate |title=The Tarkine: more than just a forest? |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2013/February/The_Tarkine_more_than_just_a_forest |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904011443/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2013/February/The_Tarkine_more_than_just_a_forest |url-status=live }}</ref>