'We are sentencing our descendants to a less bounteous, less wonderful world. Much of nature has been lost; much more will disappear.' - Prof. Woinarski

Monumental folly and needless greed: how nature is suffering the consequences of climate change theconversation.com/monumental-fol…

'Most people recognise that, as the creators of climate change, we are the responsible agents; we have put ourselves on a pathway that is rushing us towards destruction. Many of us have been directly affected; all of us will be indirectly affected' - Prof John Woinarski Charles Darwin University…

Will the Yalmy Galxias be the next Australian species to become extinct? Biodiversity Council is among seven environment groups that have written to Victorian Government nswgov and Australian Government environment ministers urging immediate action to save several species of galaxiids, including a “rescue…

We need more renewables projects, but it's important they're built in the right places (not where hundreds of hectares of biodiverse forest and threatened species habitat would have to be bulldozed, for example) theguardian.com/australia-news…

Found a little microbat friend in our sun shade today in Canberra.

Any help on id appreciated.

A public hearing for Australia's extinction crisis was held by the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee this week.

Watch the highlights from evidence provided by James Trezise, Martine Maron and Peter Burnett

The hearing was held the day after…

Labor accused of broken promise after delaying law reforms needed to address Australia’s extinction crisis theguardian.com/environment/20…

Biodiversity Council director James Trezise said Tanya Plibersek pursuing national environment reform in tranches was too slow given the extinction crisis.

“The government made clear commitments to fix Australia’s broken environmental laws within this term to tackle Australia’s…

A plan to remove protections from 58.7 hectares of internationally significant Ramsar wetland to build the $1.3 billion luxury Toondah Harbour development has been struck a significant blow by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.

au.news.yahoo.com/13-billion-lux…

Toondah Harbour is one of the most egregious projects ever put forward under the EPBC Act.

If you want to understand why - have a listen to this excellent pod from 2018 by Steve Cannane:

abc.net.au/listen/program…

This is such an important decision - thank you Tanya Plibersek

Today Tanya Plibersek announced she proposes to refuse an application to destroy critical habitat at Toondah Harbour👏🏼

Congrats to all those who have campaigned to protect mangroves & habitat for endangered species.

I first wrote to the Minister 18 months ago urging her to act

Huge and absolutely necessary. That development is one of the worst proposals I have seen in all my years working in environmental regulation/policy/advocacy.

RT the Biodiversity Council tweet below if you support Minister Tanya Plibersek's proposed decision to REJECT the Ramsar wetland-wrecking Toondah harbor real estate development!

(@RedlandCouncil, relevant Qld MPs & Walker Corp's Toondah Harbour PR account are tagged👇)

A huge win for Qld's environment: Tanya Plibersek has proposed to refuse the destructive development of #ToondahHarbour ! The Toondah Alliance worked hard for to secure protection for this internationally renowned habitat and we are delighted to see Toondah proposed for rejection.

We back federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek's proposed rejection of a luxury apartment and marina development at an internationally important wetland near Brisbane.

Martine Maron -“This is absolutely the right decision. Many community members have tirelessly…

Horses are beautiful, but they don’t belong in our national parks. They’re killing our precious native animals and plants, including critically endangered species like the iconic corroboree frog.

I strongly support the actions of Penny Sharpe to reduce the number of feral…

Worth a read from some of Australia’s best conservation scientists. 👇🏽

Environmental laws can become powerless when they conflict with policies set by other departments.

Biodiversity Councillors Professor Euan Ritchie 🌏 🌳 🐾 🔥 🎶, Cath Lovelock and Sarah Bekessy explain why “We must find ways to align government policies far better, so progress on one front doesn’t lead…

Alarming aerial images have been publicly released by Airborne Logic showing the destruction caused by feral horses in Kosciuszko NP.
Almost everywhere you look there are webs of horse tracks scarring what is meant to be a pristine landscape.
We've pulled them together in a🧵👇

Meet the kowari: a pint-sized predator on the fast track to extinction theconversation.com/meet-the-kowar… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand