Tag: EPBC Act
Times have changed: why the environment minister is being forced to reconsider climate-related impacts of pending fossil fuel approvals
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A non-profit group is imploring the new federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to consider the climate change impacts of 19 fossil fuel projects...
Fail: our report card on the government’s handling of Australia’s extinction crisis
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Australia is losing more biodiversity than any other developed nation. Already this year the charismatic and once abundant gang gang cockatoo has been added to...
Native birds have vanished across the continent since colonisation. Now we know just how much we’ve lost
The critically endangered regent honeyeater. Friends of Chiltern, Author provided
In the 250 years since Europeans colonised Australia, native birdlife has disappeared across the continent. Our new research has,...
A Victorian logging company just won a controversial court appeal. Here’s what it means for forest wildlife
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Australia’s forest-dwelling wildlife is in greater peril after last week’s court ruling that logging — even if it...
To fix Australia’s environment laws, wildlife experts call for these 4 changes — all are crucial
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The independent review of Australia’s main environment law, released last week, provided a sobering but accurate appraisal of a dire situation.
The review was led by...
What are you really eating? How threatened ‘seafood’ species slip through the law and onto your plate
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Many exotic animals are banned from import into Australia because they’re threatened with extinction, and trading them is illegal under environment laws. Yet...