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Environment Dept warned vessel movements could affect critically endangered species
Experts highlighted threat of disturbance to nesting turtles population
Potential impacts on 22 listed migratory shorebirds, experts say

Port Melville approved despite endangered shorebird threat

The Federal Government gave the developers of a Northern Territory port permission to operate despite internal advice it was "likely to have adverse impacts on two critically endangered shorebirds", documents reveal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-19/tiwi-port-would-negatively-affect-endanger...