Come do a PhD in business biodiversity footprinting at the Melbourne Biodiversity Institute! Will be a super fun, high impact project working with Melbourne Business School and School of Economics. Looking for someone to start ASAP! biodiversity.unimelb.edu.au/news/business-…

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

Join us for our next CBCS seminar with Rodrigo Minici de Oliveira & Dr. Andrew Marshall from UniSC: University of the Sunshine Coast. The duo will discuss the creation of a new framework for reducing bias in conservation indicator selection and monitoring design. Register here bit.ly/CBCSseminars 1/3

Another day, another 3500 hectares of habitat approved for bulldozing in the Northern Territory.

Not one pastoral land clearing application has been referred under the EPBC Act here. The Albanese Govt's decision to shelve nature law reforms will only speed the destruction.

Prioritising narrow political self-interest ahead of fixing our broken environment laws is a short-sighted misjudgement.

The Labor govt committed to comprehensive reform to fix our enviro laws this term and they must deliver on this.
afr.com/politics/feder…

#BREAKING : Toondah Harbour has been saved! 🎉

We are thrilled to tell you that Toondah Harbour has finally been saved after Walker Corp withdrew their real-estate proposal today.

This is a huge win for the environment and the birds that call Toondah home!

What is that Tanya? The environmental reforms you promised have unexpectedly travelled over the rainbow bridge? How sad. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Prof. Samuel told Australian Senate that his views on the #NaturePositive law reform changes announced yesterday ('take a chill pill') are based on convos w Minister, MO and Dept. Unclear whether he's seen draft Bill, Standards or other consultation documents. thenightly.com.au/politics/natur…

Australian Labor promised to 'end the neglect' and help turn the tide on species extinctions and ecosystem collapse.

That commitment hasn't been honoured.

theconversation.com/australias-lon…

By Megan Evans yungenchee.bsky.social and me

Here’s a list of threatened and critically endangered Australian birds.

They could be GONE in a few years

Please visit ⁦BirdLife Australia⁩ to sign petition and ask our government to protect our environment and our precious wildlife.
actforbirds.org/2022-flagship-…

Today's announcement from @Tanya Plibersek about splitting promised law reforms is concerning. 'While new institutions such as the EPA and Environment Information Australia may be steps in the right direction, they will not halt the decline of native species and ecosystems if

Apply now! Investigate relationships between data, models, and decision support to develop guidelines and frameworks to identify, quantify, and mitigate biases.
#job #postdoctoral #Melbourne #epidemiology
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/916626/…
Christopher Baker Nic Geard

#Breaking : new nature reforms announced today will not stop wildlife extinctions.

Australia is in an extinction crisis, and the government's newly announced reforms will not do enough to protect nature.

Read more: birdlife.org.au/news/latest-ep…

📸Bianca Vilculescu

Help us in the final push to save Toondah Harbour!

Last week, the Minister proposed rejecting Toondah Harbour and has given us 10 days to have our say on that decision.

Tag Tanya Plibersek and encourage her to hold firm✊

Read more: birdlife.org.au/news/final-pus…

📸Tony Bellette

As it stands, the government collects more money from HECS than from the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax – as confirmed by ABC News

The PRRT needs to be fixed.
>> Add your name: theaus.in/increasePRRT

#auspol #insiders
abc.net.au/news/2024-03-0…

Published in Science Magazine! A bill now under consideration in the Brazilian Congress proposes to remove protection from the country’s 48 Mha of native grasslands, endangering biodiversity and our life quality:

🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

A good summary of how Australia’s environmental law reforms are going theguardian.com/australia-news…

This is the right decision for Toondah Harbour. Anything less would have been a clear breach of Australian environmental laws and our International commitments.

Thank you Tanya Plibersek for finally rejecting this absurd proposal.

The utter perversity & patently fraudulent basis of manufacturing carbon credits for #CarbonMarkets

Please share with your fave nature/carbon integrity initiative (eg Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market VCMI) or carbon market flog (eg Carbon Market Institute) & their customers