The old timers call it Porters Lake because it resembles a massive lake when flooded – a sight to behold. But over recent decades Porters Creek Wetland has been suffering death by a thousand cuts. A promised Biodiversity Stewardship Agreement may change that for the better, or it may not. […]
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Why would a council sell a wetland for less than its market value and even hide its biodiversity value from its own valuer – it doesn’t make sense but that is exactly what happened on the NSW Central Coast in 2021 – then, in 2022, the land was unlawfully cleared. […]
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Tackling small fires before they become uncontrollable bushfires, excluding fire from recovering forests, and sabotaging beetle mating rituals – these are just some of the strategies proposed to save Australia’s iconic snow gum. Snow gum woodlands are the iconic vegetation community of mountain environments in south eastern Australia and are […]
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On Wednesday 26 February, five years since the devastating Black Summer bushfires, survivors will gather in Sydney to launch and sign onto a new Australian Bushfire Survivor Declaration, which calls on Australia’s governments to put human lives before the profits of the fossil fuel industry. To mark the sombre anniversary […]
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When you are the only customer in the hair salon; when your kid’s waitressing shift gets cancelled because the restaurant has no bookings, you start to think, well, maybe the cost of living crisis is real. Or is it? Let’s look at what is really going on and change the […]
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Now there’s even more reason to visit Queensland’s famous Scenic Rim – the region has just achieved ECO Destination Certification with Ecotourism Australia, a result of meeting global best-practice standards in ecotourism, responsible travel and environmental conservation. As the first destination to achieve certification in 2025, the Scenic Rim becomes […]
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Over 50% of coastal wetlands in NSW have been destroyed since colonisation and the NSW Government is ill-equipped to take advantage of the emerging Blue Carbon market to help protect and restore these ecosystems. By Jacquelene Pearson In this four-part special report, we will explore the health of wetlands in […]
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Oxfam Australia has called the new global climate finance goal smoke and mirrors, responding to the COP29 climate finance agreement. At COP29 wealthy countries agreed to mobilise USD$300 billion per year by 2035 to support low-income countries cope with climate change impacts and switch to renewable energy. But Oxfam Australia […]
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As UN negotiations for a global Plastics Treaty start in Busan, South Korea, over 500 Friends of the Earth International and Friends of the Earth South Korea (KFEM) activists sent a bold message to governments with their bodies, making a human sign spelling out the words “End Plastic”. The action […]
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The NSW government is establishing a Coal Ash Advisory Committee to support its response to the 16 recommendations it already agreed to action following the ‘2020 NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories’ (Coal Ash Inquiry). “We must be living in a parallel universe,” […]
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