Pay farmers to save threatened species: expert

By Nicole Hasham
Updated October 3 2014 - 6:08am, first published 12:58am
"They should be paying for it": Kevin Humphries says farmers should be reimbursed. Photo: Tamara Dean
"They should be paying for it": Kevin Humphries says farmers should be reimbursed. Photo: Tamara Dean
"They should be paying for it": Kevin Humphries says farmers should be reimbursed. Photo: Tamara Dean
"They should be paying for it": Kevin Humphries says farmers should be reimbursed. Photo: Tamara Dean
"They should be paying for it": Kevin Humphries says farmers should be reimbursed. Photo: Tamara Dean
"They should be paying for it": Kevin Humphries says farmers should be reimbursed. Photo: Tamara Dean
"They should be paying for it": Kevin Humphries says farmers should be reimbursed. Photo: Tamara Dean
"They should be paying for it": Kevin Humphries says farmers should be reimbursed. Photo: Tamara Dean

Farmers banned from clearing their land should be reimbursed and society must pay to save native plants and animals on private property, says the top environmental economist heading a shake-up of NSW's biodiversity laws.

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