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projected to grow by 70 percent by 2050, to 3.5 million, this population explosion could potentially threaten Bush
Forever sites. The practice of allowing the destruction of some Bush Forever sites by developers in exchange for financial compensation or by environmentally repairing another area was
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and habitats caused by habitat degradation and clearing, human interference and the introduction of pests and weeds was one of
Western Australia’s most serious environmental problem.
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government initiative and plan, aimed at preserving a "comprehensive, adequate and representative" 10 percent of each vegetation complex on the
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of the Swan
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167:"Bush 'Forever' sites anything but, as plans put protected WA land under threat"
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133:"Final Report: Bush Forever Volume 2"
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197:"What is Bush Forever?"
227:bushlandperth.org.au
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