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Tasmania's renowned for its stunning environment. The state is famed for its rugged wilderness, pristine marine areas and unique wildlife. But a report card into Tasmania’s environment has delivered a reality check the state's falling short The state of the environment report found 16 of the 29 areas it looked at are getting worse, including declining kelp forests, increasing invasive pests and sea surface temperatures that have increased by up to 3 point 8 degrees in 80 years. It found just two areas are getting better "the report card is concerning. Things are getting worse, and they were already at a bad place." 11 categories were found to be in poor condition, with seven fair, and three good. While eight including water quality and wetlands, couldn't be assessed because not enough data was available. "the report reveals serious deficiencies in monitoring programs, and where those programs do exist data is not being aggrogated or publicly available." This is the first state of the environment report in 15 years. It was supposed to be released in 2014. Its 16 recommendations include establishing more marine protected areas, and action to end illegal vegetation clearing. It also calls for a long-term strategy to deal with threats to the environment... With updates every two years about its progress "Of course we'll support all those things and of course we'll support the calls for more funding to protect native vegetation and animals" The government says it wants to balance sustainable environmental management with the pursuit of economic development opportunities. And is currently reviewing the report's findings and recommendations

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00:00Tasmania is renowned for its stunning environment.
00:06The state is famed for its rugged wilderness, pristine marine areas and unique wildlife.
00:12But a report card into Tasmania's environment has delivered a reality check.
00:16The state's falling short.
00:18The state of the environment report found 16 of the 29 areas it looked at are getting
00:23worse, including declining kelp forests, increasing invasive pests and sea surface temperatures
00:29that have increased by up to 3.8 degrees in 80 years.
00:33It found just two areas are getting better.
00:36The report card is so concerning.
00:39Things are getting worse and they are already rated at being at a bad place.
00:45Eleven categories were found to be in poor condition, with seven fair and three good.
00:50While eight, including water quality and wetlands, couldn't be assessed because not enough data
00:55was available.
00:56The report reveals serious deficiencies in monitoring programs and where those programs
01:01do exist, data is not being aggregated or publicly available.
01:07This is the first state of the environment report in 15 years.
01:10It was supposed to be released in 2014.
01:13Its 16 recommendations include establishing more marine protection areas and taking action
01:18to end illegal vegetation clearing.
01:21It also calls for a long-term strategy to deal with threats to the environment.
01:25It updates every two years about its progress.
01:27Of course we'll support all those things and of course we'll support the calls for more
01:32funding to protect native vegetation and animals.
01:36The government says it wants to balance sustainable environmental management with the pursuit
01:40of economic development opportunities and is currently reviewing the report's findings
01:45and recommendations.

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