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People worldwide celebrate the magnificence and importance of sharks and rays on July 14. According to the Australian Marine Conservation Society Australia is home to one-quarter of the world’s shark and ray species. Half of our 322 species are unique or endemic to Australian waters – that means they’re found nowhere else […]
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be among the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change despite contributing the least to climate change. The First Nations Climate Justice Panel is an all-Indigenous panel supported by Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA). They have published a summary of the […]
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The Federal Environment Department has drafted a National Recovery Plan for the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) (combined populations of Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory). It is proposed that this plan be made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Comments on this draft […]
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The Australian Conservation Foundation is encouraging individuals to halt the Morrison Government’s plans to hand millions of dollars in public money to gas companies to frack the Northern Territory’s precious Beetaloo Basin. Gavan McFadzean, ACF’s Climate Change Program Manager described the area as a vast cultural landscape of tropical savanna […]
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Torres Strait Islanders are among hundreds of millions of people worldwide who are at risk of being displaced by rising sea levels caused by climate change. A new study released in the peer reviewed journal Nature Communications has found that 267 million people worldwide live on land less than two […]
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A new report has ranked Australia last for climate action out of the 193 member states of the United Nations. The latest edition of the annual Sustainable Development Report, produced by the UN-backed Sustainable Development Solutions Network, assessed countries’ performance. Under Sustainable Development Goal 13, Climate Action, it assessed progress […]
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Wild At Art 2021, Australia’s top wildlife art competition for kids will open on World Environment Day, Saturday, June 5. Australian Conservation Foundation Digital Campaigner, Taryn Sadler, says Australia is home to an incredible diversity of life, and one thing nearly all of us share is a love and appreciation […]
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A new report by the Climate Council has called out gas as a polluting fossil fuel that is harming our health, wellbeing and the climate. Gas has been marketed to Australians as a safe, clean alternative to other fossil fuels but the Climate Council report has recommended it’s important for […]
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The Australian Conservation Foundation and the Australian Energy Foundation have formed a partnership to encourage local sports clubs to switch to clean energy. From our grassroots local clubs to the roaring stadiums of the finals, Australian sport is a uniting force of passion and pride for many in our communities, […]
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The Central Coast community’s pushback against the proposed sale of community assets is gathering momentum. By Jackie Pearson Many small groups are joining forces to oppose some of the land sales included in Tranche 3 of Central Coast Council’s disposal of assets to pay off its debts. Yesterday locals gathered […]
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