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
It is in our best interests…
We can’t afford to lose more wild life.
I want brave and ambitious efforts on a global scale to save each and every one of our native species. Our world needs them as much as they need our world.
Please set aside large pristine sanctuaries for the spotted tail quoll and other endangered native animals before it is too late. We need them for our own self respect. Please!
I do hope the government of Australia does the right thing to help protect all the endangered animals that are there. I’ve always admired the country from afar, so I do hope they do more and more to help the native wildlife (especially for the tasmanian devil and the platypus).
We cannot allow koalas to go extinct.
I cannot understand why it is still possible to destroy untouched land in Australia. We have invaded a country, taken over from a perfectly good indigenous population and now completely decimating the native wildlife. No more land should be cleared for any reason. AT ALL. We cannot afford to lose any more….bush fires are getting worse due to global warming and that should be a warning.
There are far too many exotic species in Australia under threat.
Please let’s do something!
I want the precious fauna and flora of Australia to survive and thrive into the future.
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The rampant ecological and species destruction in Australia is utterly heinous and shameful. It will hurt the bottom line as well because our global reputation as an ecotourism destination will be ruined. I don’t understand how this situation is going unchecked, despite platitudes.
We need to cease destruction of habitat of all native species globally to protect the diversity of the planet for future generations they are necessary for the future success of humanity and to preserve the balance and stability this planet needs to sustain life in all forms. We should not be blindly indifferent to the destruction of habitat on a wholesale scale because if we do humanity is just as doomed as the forests and wildlife that we destroy.
Koalas need to be living in numbers and not go extinct.Australia would not be the same without these beautiful iconic species..Save them for future generations!!
Ai is out of balance with harmonious dwellers
Never imagined I’d witness so much extinction in my lifetime. So many unique and beautiful Australian species are on the verge of disappearing from the face of the world. We must act to prevent this.
These extinct species are irreplaceable. Each had its role in the ecosystem, culture and language.
Please, act NOW to protect the future for our children and generations to come.
Do MORE than meet minimum targets. Help Australia to be a world leader in climate action.
Australia has both the resources, and know how to be a global leader in the protection of and recovery of threatened and endangered species, and yet we are a global leader in the callous disregard for our environment. It’s an embarrassment.
If this government actually wants to set themselves apart from the environmental disaster that was successive Liberal government, it will do what the people want and help us protect our natural resources.
It cannot be left to small voluntary organisiations battling chronic lack of funding, and protestors chaining themselves to trees in front of bulldozers. We have neither the time nor the leeway to pussy foot around the issue.
We need actual leadership that prioritises the environment over corporate greed and that starts with attending to every opportunity to create and acheive ambitious global goals for nature.
I am seeking ambitious global goals for nature as it is important that we take every step and make every effort we can to protect our environment. Our children and grandchildren will not honour us if they determine that we did not do our utmost to protect their future for them while we lived without such pressures on us or our life-styles. Please act immediately and with maximum “punch”.
Please be serious about action to prevent extinction of our valued wildlife.
Our planet is in peril, climate change, land clearing, wars over natural resources, we are at a critical juncture and its the responsibility of our leaders in this country to harness this opportunity to protect nature resources for future generations