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For over 30 years, John Wamsley has been striving to save Australia’s indigenous wildlife. But his methods, which involve fencing off large areas of land and eradicating all alien species such as foxes and rabbits, have made him extremely unpopular. He has received several death threats and spent time in prison. Not that it’s put him off. He has already set aside tens of thousands of hectares-funded through his publicly listed company-and wants to increase that to one per cent of Australia by 2025. He tells Melanie Cooper why his system is the only hope for endangered species.

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