SAVE THREATENED WILDLIFE

Help bring our threatened Australian animals and the places they call home back from the brink of extinction. Sign the petition now and help regenerate nature.

URGENT: Australia’s nature laws are currently being rewritten. 

It’s a critical time to add your voice to ensure strong laws and funding to help protect and restore Australian nature. Your voice matters!

No matter where you live in Australia, from the bustling cities to the coast, from suburban sprawls to the outback, from the mountains to the plains - there are unique and unusual animals everywhere.

Sadly, 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 Add your voice today and make an impact. When you sign the petition, a message will be sent instantly to your local federal government representative asking for stronger protection and funding for our Aussie wildlife.

Together, we can regenerate nature and stop the extinction crisis.

URGENT: Australia’s nature laws are currently being rewritten. 

It’s a critical time to add your voice to ensure strong laws and funding to help protect and restore Australian nature. Your voice matters!

No matter where you live in Australia, from the bustling cities to the coast, from suburban sprawls to the outback, from the mountains to the plains - there are unique and unusual animals everywhere.

Sadly, 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 Add your voice today and make an impact. When you sign the petition, a message will be sent instantly to your local federal government representative asking for stronger protection and funding for our Aussie wildlife.

Together, we can regenerate nature and stop the extinction crisis.

Greater glider in a patch of old growth forest in Munruben, Logan City, south of Brisbane
Greater Glider in a Tree Hollow © Josh Bowell

Australia’s Nature Laws

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.

Here’s just one example why it’s so crucial we seize this opportunity to strengthen these laws. Recently, due to loopholes in the legislation, greater glider habitat in Tallaganda State Forest was logged and a greater glider found dead just 50 metres from the logging. It 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.

Black-flanked rock-wallaby in the central Wheatbelt, Western Australia
Black-flanked rock-wallaby in the central Wheatbelt, Western Australia © Craig Pentland

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. 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.