The cognitive dissonance in Western Australia today.

WA had its hottest summer on record, triggering a potential “forest collapse” due to climate change

Fossil fuel co Woodside Energy holds its AGM, boasting annual underlying net profit of $5 billion

Their profit, our loss

UQ’s Prof. Maron Martine Maron discussed Australia’s extinction crisis and EPBC Act reforms at a recent Senate inquiry. “We need stronger National Environmental standards that don’t allow trading off one species for another” she says. Read for more: 1/3

Next month, my workplace is taking on Australia's Biggest Bushwalk to help raise much needed funds for critically endangered fauna (like this beautiful pink cockatoo). If you'd like to contribute to our team, or sign up yourself, please visit: australiasbiggestbushwalk.org.au/icon-science

We have 14 little galaxiid fish species that have a greater than 50% chance of extinction by 2040 if we continue with business as usual. We have known this since 2020 and there has been NO substantial action. Where is the national outrage over governments asleep at the wheel?

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…

This is terrible but unsurprising news. It's a grave reflection on governments that this fish is likely to go extinct because of decisions they've made. The Victorian Government continues to fund breeding and release of trout. Despite knowing the impact of trout on native fish.

Champion!!

I'd like to take this opportunity to formally reintroduce myself as Dr Jacinta Humphrey!! My PhD is officially conferred and I am #PhDone ! Bring on graduation 🎓

Fire breaks can be important, but we do not need to clear habitat for endangered species in the process. These are some of the last old growth trees left after logging and fires - we need to protect them Biodiversity Council

When we could fit more people in per hectare with nature-friendly sustainable mid-rise... why don't we do this Australia? Biodiversity Council ICON Science RMIT

This type of housing should not be allowed…

#EarthDay Focus: 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑎 🌆 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡’𝑠 🌳 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒! Mark your calendars: events.humanitix.com/nature-insight…

A note to men who don’t get it: when a baby’s breastfeeding you literally have to be attached to them most of time & cant be separated for more than an hour or so

So if you don’t allow bf babies in public places, you’re actually saying women/mums aren’t allowed in those places

Alessandro Rigolon 'Finding space for nature in cities: the considerable potential of redundant car parking' by Thami Croeser Georgia Garrard Holly Kirk 木lessandro Ossola Sarah Bekessy et al. provides a very good evidence on how this could be started. nature.com/articles/s4294…

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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

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

The Possingham top-up scholarship for PhD students studying anything to help the environment at The University of Adelaide is open for another round of applicants scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/?title=possing…

One of the unique conferences for conservation social science folks. A very exciting conference for people who do interdisciplinary conservation work. Send your abstracts by May 30th. #ConSocSci #SSWG