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Sign the petition: Speak out for greater gliders

Ask Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Environment Minister Sussan Ley to create stronger laws to stop extinction.  

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Right now, nearly 2,000 Australian animals, plants and ecosystems are at risk of extinction. And it's getting worse.

Ruthless nature-wrecking corporations and developers are bulldozing the forests and grasslands they call home. And our governments are doing little to stop them.

In North Queensland, nationally protected greater glider possums face being wiped out from their forest homes to make way for cattle farming.

And it's not a one-off. In 20 years, habitat destruction has driven glider numbers to drop by 80%!

It should be illegal to send plants and animals extinct. But our system for protecting threatened species in this country is fundamentally broken. We don't have the laws to protect the critical habitat our wildlife need to survive and our government isn’t doing anywhere near enough to support their recovery.

Sign the petition calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Environment Minister Sussan Ley to:

Create a new generation of national laws to protect nature and funding to restore ecosystems to bring our wildlife back from the brink. 

Because we live on an incredible continent, and it’s our responsibility to look after it.

 

Latest Supporters

Damian 2019-09-03 21:22:43 +1000
alison 2019-09-03 21:16:18 +1000
As a wildlife carer, I see firsthand the result of habitat loss. Habitat needs to be protected!
Evan 2019-09-03 21:12:34 +1000
Gabrielle 2019-09-03 21:04:48 +1000
Tess 2019-09-03 20:58:45 +1000
Petra 2019-09-03 20:57:40 +1000
What are we leaving for our children? Desolation
Geoffrey 2019-09-03 20:55:32 +1000
Josh 2019-09-03 20:47:02 +1000
Anastasia 2019-09-03 20:46:35 +1000
Alan 2019-09-03 20:45:57 +1000
We live on a continent recognised as having the highest extinction rate in the world and yet we continue to allow the loss and further fragmentation of valued, critical habitat for a range of threatened species. That approval process happens often at the state level, but frequently at via the highest level in this country, and frequently against scientific advice.
The need to amend weak, ineffective environmental legislation has been highlighted again in reports this week with the clearance approval of Greater Glider habitat in Queensland.
The current legislative process is farcical and needs urgent amendments.
Craig and Helen Whisson
Craig and Helen 2019-09-03 20:45:48 +1000
jane 2019-09-03 20:43:27 +1000
David 2019-09-03 20:42:02 +1000
Jasmine 2019-09-03 20:41:15 +1000
Kathy 2019-09-03 20:39:31 +1000
It should be illegal to send plants and animals extinct. But our system for protecting threatened species in this country is fundamentally broken. We don’t have the laws to protect the critical habitat our wildlife need to survive and our government isn’t doing anywhere near enough to support their recovery.
James 2019-09-03 20:32:18 +1000
Angela 2019-09-03 20:29:44 +1000
By creating stronger laws to protect the habitat of our wildlife and their extinction, you will help prevent our own extinction.
Philippa 2019-09-03 20:25:45 +1000
Claire Nakazawa
Claire 2019-09-03 20:23:06 +1000
Joseph Musmarra
Joseph 2019-09-03 20:22:08 +1000
Louise 2019-09-03 20:21:02 +1000
Kasia 2019-09-03 20:19:54 +1000
Stop destroying habitats!
Heather 2019-09-03 20:14:27 +1000
Sonia 2019-09-03 20:14:02 +1000
Szilvia 2019-09-03 20:04:31 +1000
This action is deplorable & a travesty not listening to the science
Kim 2019-09-03 20:02:31 +1000
Andrea 2019-09-03 20:01:29 +1000
Sarah 2019-09-03 19:59:51 +1000
An iconic marsupial of Australia.
Jane 2019-09-03 19:59:26 +1000
Mary 2019-09-03 19:56:24 +1000
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