SAVE THREATENED WILDLIFE
Send your message to Australian Senators calling for stronger nature laws! By joining this campaign, you’ll be sending an email to key senators, calling on them to close the loopholes in our nature laws and strengthen the Nature Positive Bills currently before the Senate.
CRITICAL SUPPORT NEEDED! More than 1,900 of our Aussie animals and plants are at risk of extinction.
Last year, the east coast koala and the greater glider were uplisted from Vulnerable to Endangered, signalling that urgent action is needed to protect and save them from extinction. Many of our iconic wildlife, including the Carnaby’s black cockatoo, swift parrot, northern quoll and more, are at risk of disappearing forever.
To bring our wildlife back from the brink of extinction, we need stronger national nature laws and adequate funding to help protect them and the places they call home.
URGENT: The Senate has the power to strengthen nature laws
The Australian Government’s first set of Nature Positive Bills have passed the lower house. These bills do not go far enough to protect our fragile environment. There is an opportunity now for the Senate to call for improvements to close Australia’s logging loophole and strengthen our federal watchdog. Call on senators now to vote for these changes.
Send your message to Australian Senators calling for stronger nature laws! By joining this campaign, you’ll be sending an email to key senators, calling on them to close the loopholes in our nature laws and strengthen the Nature Positive Bills currently before the Senate.
CRITICAL SUPPORT NEEDED! More than 1,900 of our Aussie animals and plants are at risk of extinction.
Last year, the east coast koala and the greater glider were uplisted from Vulnerable to Endangered, signalling that urgent action is needed to protect and save them from extinction. Many of our iconic wildlife, including the Carnaby’s black cockatoo, swift parrot, northern quoll and more, are at risk of disappearing forever.
To bring our wildlife back from the brink of extinction, we need stronger national nature laws and adequate funding to help protect them and the places they call home.
URGENT: The Senate has the power to strengthen nature laws
The Australian Government’s first set of Nature Positive Bills have passed the lower house. These bills do not go far enough to protect our fragile environment. There is an opportunity now for the Senate to call for improvements to close Australia’s logging loophole and strengthen our federal watchdog. Call on senators now to vote for these changes.
Our native forests are home to some of the most unique wildlife and plants on Earth. But every year, an estimated 500,000 hectares of native forests and woodlands are bulldozed across Australia. This could soon end with your help.
The government’s first pieces of legislation to improve our nature laws have been introduced into Parliament and have passed the lower house. This is just the first step of a much-needed suite of reforms, and they don’t go far enough. Senators will soon vote for critical improvements to these bills. Join our calls for senators to close Australia’s logging loophole and strengthen Australia’s nature laws.
Australia's nature laws are failing
Australia’s nature laws are better known as the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999. It is the country’s environmental legislation. Its purpose is to protect and conserve our environment and nature, including threatened wildlife, critical habitats and special places, including the Great Barrier Reef and Kakadu.
We urgently need stronger nature laws
Here’s just one furry example of why it’s so crucial we seize this opportunity to strengthen these laws.
Due to loopholes in the legislation, greater glider habitat in Tallaganda State Forest was logged and an Endangered greater glider found dead just 50 metres from the logging. This forest is one of the last remaining refuges for greater gliders, who have suffered a population decline of up to 80% in some areas
Our environmental laws are failing to protect our wildlife and the places we love.
Australia's unique wildlife
Australia is home to an incredible diversity of wildlife found nowhere else on the planet. Over 30 million years of geographical isolation have created fascinating animals unique to our vast continent.
But now, more than 1,900 species of plant, animal and ecological communities are officially listed as threatened. This includes more than 550 native animals.
Our iconic animals, including the koala, greater glider, black-flanked rock-wallaby and hairy-nosed wombat, are currently under threat. And it’s not just our mammals and unique marsupials at-risk.
Countless rare birds, like the regent honeyeater and swift parrot, are also on the brink of extinction. As are some of our most fascinating reptiles and frogs, like the beautiful green and golden bell frog, and all could soon be extinct if we don’t act now.
