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 do not want to see rapid extinction of species, habitats and flora that are unique and do not deserve to be wiped out because of human carelessness. I want subsequent generations to be able to enjoy the uniqueness, diversity and beauty of our world.
I believe the Federal Government must be guided by scientists and lead on ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gases and reverse biodiversity destruction. We need to achieve a Nature Positive world by 2030. The ecosystems we have degraded must be restored and threatened species recovered. At least 30% of our land and oceans must be protected.
The Australian landscape, seascape and skyscape and all that that means, needs all the help they can get.
Please help!
My daughter depends on you to fight for her future world.
I want ambitious goals for nature because we should be at one with it.
We are facing a biodiversity crisis.
I want ambitious targets for Nature because we depend on Nature for our lives. Nothing else matters.
It is so important to do our very best as a nation to protect what we have remaining of our natural heritage. The reasons are obvious. Please , please help this cause!!
If we don’t look after the fauna and flora human beings will not survive.
Nature is our worlds life support system! None of us can survive without a healthy natural world.
As a grandmother, it is important to me that the world we leave for our children is a healthy, thriving natural one. I want them to be able to see all the wonders I have seen in it. Please act to protect our environment and all the creatures in it. Thank you.
Protecting our Planet must be the most important imperative that we face. Biodiversity is fundamental to a healthy planet. Please act. Thank you