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Australia's threatened species most in need of habitat restoration are the least likely to have their habitat restored under our current carbon credit scheme, according to Australian research. The study found that the scheme projects cover less than 1% of the regions that hold the most threatened species, and less than 5% of all Australia's biodiverse regions. The authors found that most projects under this scheme are in arid lands unsuitable for agriculture, which also tend to be environments where habitat loss is not threatening species' survival. The study found that our most threatened species tend to live in more populated areas with smaller restoration projects that were fewer in number. The researchers say the focus on low-cost abatement has driven the scheme projects into areas that do not overlap with the ranges of species actually threatened by habitat loss.
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