Australia’s plants and animals are under threat. Our combined voices can protect them.
We have one of the worst records on extinction in the world. 56 more Australian species have just been added to the international red list of threatened species –bringing the total to 1,830 Australian species in danger!
The nature crisis is global. Habitat destruction is threatening Tasmanian Devils and Sumatran tigers alike with extinction. The Great Barrier Reef is collapsing, so is the Amazon.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek can make Australia a global leader for nature – but they have to show up.
This means attending the 15th conference to the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montreal in December, and advocating for strong global nature goals that unite and hold governments and business accountable worldwide to protect and restore the natural world that sustains us.
Sign the petition calling on the federal government to:
Lead on ambitious global goals for nature to halt and reverse biodiversity destruction and achieve a Nature Positive world by 2030 at COP15.
That means championing clear and measurable goals and targets, backed by domestic commitments to:
- End extinction and recover threatened species
- Restore the ecosystems we’ve already degraded
- Embed the value of nature in all government and business decision-making
- Recognise Indigenous rights and stewardship
- Protect at least 30% of the planet’s land and oceans.
Want to understand more about how global goals for nature will help Australia's own endangered plants and animals? Read our blog from Nathaniel Pelle, ACF's Business and Biodiversity Campaign Lead, then sign the petition and invite friends and family to add their names too!
Header photo: Jean-Paul Ferrero/AUSCAPE
Latest Supporters
I don’t wan’t any more wildlife to go extinct
we need to save our wildlife
Lets lead in conservation and restoration of the natural environment and habitats to halt and reverse biodiversity destruction, and bring about positive changes in protecting our precious wildlife and supporting them to thrive such as the Great Glider, Powerful Owl, and the Mountain Pygmy-possum
Please protect our natural heritage for our descendants.
It’s an absolute disgrace that our country is so renowned for habitat destruction and species annihilation. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever that we are wood-chipping old growth forest which these animals need to survive. Logging is an unsustainable industry and this is no secret. Labor needs to grow a spine and actually act to protect biodiversity effectively. Ban native forest logging! It is increasing bushfire risk and annihilating our native fauna.
Greater Gliders are fast moving to extinction because of the destructive nature of industrial logging.
Biodiversity is critical for a healthy environment and a healthy environment is critical for all living creatures. Humanity does not exist ‘separate from nature’.
Please save the bogong moth
I want ambitious goals for nature because the possibility of extinctions is horrific to me.
For too long Governments – Federal & State – have been sitting on their hands and failing to act effectively to stop the rush towards extinction of important species like the Koala and the Greater Glider as well as many other species important in our natural ecosystems.
Not raising our voice makes us complicit in the loss of biodiversity. We have a responsibility as global citizens to take action against further loss.
We are losing our native wildlife.
Please help the Black Cockatoo, designate protected areas for this beautiful gentle bird.
The possible extinction of animals such as the platypus is a loss of Australia’s unique biodiversity on our continent. Australia is well known worldwide as the continent of unique animals that nourish and bring such richness to this land and as a government and as a country we need to care about it and prioritise it instead of getting too distracted by the immediate development plans!
We should heal our nature for a good fullfiling life
I would like to help protect the endangered species!
The loss of biodiversity is a loss for humanity and it’s future. Once lost, there is no return. It is selfishness to sacrifice that which cannot be replaced for something for temporary pleasure. Humanity cannot allow itself to become so short sighted
Our nature is too precious in its own right, and too vital for human wellbeing, not to be properly protected!
Me and my best friend Aria, are trying to figure out how to help reduce the deaths of koalas and repopulate the number of them. So, we would like to have a voice, because Koalas are one of Australia’s most popular animals, but now they are one of the most endangered.