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.

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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:

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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

If we want to finally be the good guys on #climate , we need to stop trashing nature and #biodiversity - Leading by example - Australian Geographic australiangeographic.com.au/topics/opinion… Biodiversity Council Hugh Possingham 💧simon holmes à court Sarah Bekessy

We are excited! Victorian Government has announced fantastic changes to dingo management in north-western Victoria today.

Read our statement to learn about what has been announced: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/biodivers…
Jack Pascoe Professor Euan Ritchie 🌏 🌳 🐾 🔥 🎶

The offshore oil and gas industry should not be exempt from complying with national environmental law, that's why we are calling for the scrapping of an amendment which would carve out the offshore oil and gas industry from needing to comply with the EPBC Act.…

Happy International Women's Day! Thank you to the many brilliant and accomplished women who are part of the Biodiversity Council and working to improve outcomes for nature and Country in Australia everyday.