Critically endangered swift parrots have been granted a reprieve in Tasmania, with the state-owned forestry operator agreeing to put a further pause on logging in native habitat. The Bob Brown Foundation had sought an urgent federal court injunction to prevent tree felling in 30 coupes in the island’s northeast.  Sustainable Timber Tasmania has agreed to postpone logging in the areas until the outcome of a separate federal court challenge by the conservation group against forestry in Tasmania broadly.  “This is a breakthrough but it should never have been necessary,” former Greens leader Bob Brown said on Friday.  “It’s a reprieve for the swift parrot because people cared.”  According to DNA sampling by researchers at the Australian National University, there is likely to be fewer than 300 of the migratory parrots remaining – significantly less than previously thought.