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
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AUSTRALIA HAS ONE OF THE WORST RECORDS ON EXTINCTION IN THE WORLD …
Just sit and absorb that statement for a moment. How does that make you feel, deep down inside?
Australia is blessed with unique and diverse native flora and fauna, both on land and in the oceans. The responsibility for protecting these priceless species sits with us.
Every decision our country makes seems to be for the benefit of the already rich and yet the average voter has compassion for our environment.
It is time for our native species to also have a voice and a right to live.
We have the world’s oldest living culture who has collectively tended and cared for Country for countless generations. Working together this is an opportunity for Australians to lead the world in reversing this trend.
This planet is the only one we have – there is no Planet B.
This is the only place that we have as a home. Let’s stop messing it up and really care for it, like we do for our own house. It is pretty degraded now so renovations are in order.
I want to set ambitious goals for our natural habitats to reverse the damage we have allowed to occur throughout the world
I want ambitious global goals for nature because in this area goals notoriously become watered down as the nature-careless lobby groups insinuate their way into government decisions.
I want ambition goals for nature because it underpins our survival.
The world needs a global change and help poorer countries to achieve it too.
nature always giving way to ‘development’.
I want ambitious goals for nature and climate protection because fundamentally, it’s what we all rely on for survival and prosperity.
We don’t have time to dither. In the words of King George Iii it really is “last chance saloon”.
Ambitious Goals are needed!!
I want ambitious goals for nature because unless humanity rethinks our own existence, we are doomed.
We need to protect and conserve fauna and flora, habitats, ecosystems. We need to USE less, and GIVE more.
We need to encourage everyone to think more about the “big picture” and less about themselves.
We all need to change our attitudes – particularly those surrounding human superiority. Without our natural world, we too, will be extinct.
I want the ambitious goals for conservation and more protection for our vulnerable wild life because we have a disgraceful record and our unique wildlife need our help
Nature and the planet are most valuable and we have an obligation to ensure that we protect it as our first priority
Nature is all we have! It’s our connection to a full life.
Earth is Our Home- Nature Set a perfect balance- we have created an imbalance- fragile now as we experience many Warnings!
We all must work together to restore or life as we know it will cease!
Please let’s pass a healthy environment on to our children
Our natural environment is essential for a healthy ecosystem and planet.
Natural systems underpin our economy but also need to persist for their own right. It’s time to stand up for nature.
We have mindlessly exploited our world for too long it`s way past time for change !