One billion animals died in 解雇する/砲火/射撃s: 専門家

More than one billion animals are thought to have been killed in bushfires across Australia but 専門家s 警告する the 環境の 荒廃 could (期間が)わたる 10年間s.

Australian 哺乳動物 専門家 Professor Chris Dickman first 概算の that half a billion animals had been killed in the bushfires this season, but now believes more than 二塁打 that 人物/姿/数字 have 死なせる/死ぬd.

"One billion sounds like a very big number but it's almost certainly an underestimate because of the groups I don't 含む," the University of Sydney academic told AAP on Thursday.

Bats, frogs and invertebrates 港/避難所't been 含むd in the 見積(る).

Professor Dickman said the bushfires this season have been different because they've come after a long 干ばつ.

"They've burnt very quickly 許すing いっそう少なく chance for animals to get away, they're 燃やすing very intensely and they've covered a much huger area," he said.

The worst-影響する/感情d animals would be the "large and slow-moving ones" such as koalas but 種類 with small 全住民s are at 危険 of 切迫した 絶滅, he 追加するd.

"We're 明確に at 危険 of losing a 重要な 割合 of biodiversity and because much of Australian biodiversity occurs only here, it's a 全世界の loss," he said.

Dr Christine Hosking from the University of Queensland's 全世界の Change 学校/設ける said one billion dead animals is a "very reasonable" 見積(る).

While many animals would have 死なせる/死ぬd in the 炎s, many more will die because of a 欠如(する) of food and the charred, barren landscapes which leave small 哺乳動物s 攻撃を受けやすい to predators, she said.

"The whole food chain is 影響する/感情d," Dr Hosking told AAP on Thursday.

"These forests will remain empty for やめる a long time."

The koala 専門家 believes it could (問題を)取り上げる to 100 or even 200 years for some forests to 完全に 回復する and the 生態学 will not only be degraded, but changed 完全に.

"We've got 脅すd 種類 that may go extinct after this 同様に," she said.

Dr Hosking called for a 国家の 全労働人口 献身的な to 保護するing the 環境 during and after 災害s such as bushfires.

She said the 全労働人口 needs to be separate from those which 保護する human life and 所有物/資産/財産, instead 焦点(を合わせる)d on rehabilitating the nation's biodiversity.

"It's time the 環境 is put first," she said.

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