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 am saddened that we ignore diminishing species such as the bogong moth. The world is the looser we we degrade our natural habitats.
Australia does not have a good record for wildlife and habitat protection. The mighty $$ is heard before the call for protections of habitat loss.
If it’s not about making $ then it doesn’t really matter huh?
And what takes a person’s mind of the intensity of the world? Our natural environment, in one way or another. I fear for those who’ll only read about the habitat in Australia USED to be like.
Shame. Shame. Shame. Lisa, Frankston.
The black cockatoo needs to be saved.
It is not to late to take charge and protect the environment.
The conservation of nature is a is a stewardship obligation beholden upon every generation. This generation of leaders is bound to honor that obligation in relation to future generations of all people and living things. This is our watch and this is our turf. We are obliged to do what ever is necessary to conserve, protect and rehabilitate nature. If we fail in this endeavor we fail our ancestors, our successors, each other and ourselves. We can have excuses or we can have results, but we can have both.
to save our wildlife, & vegetation. Our lands.
I want ambitious goals for nature because we must take responsibility for our contribution to habitat loss, and work on balancing that out.
The threat to Australian black cockatoos is too big to ignore. We must act now, to protect these national icons.
We need to stand together to protect what’s left before it’s gone
We need to secure a safe future for the generations to come. Our life depends on the health of nature as well as our wellbeing.
Every living thing needs the ability to thrive and cannot live in isolation
It’s essential that Australia joins ambitious global goals for nature to protect endangered species and creates a comprehensive and efficient program
Doing everything possible to conserve a “unique” species of mammal found “only” in Australia should be a no brainer. Government entities at all levels should get on board to ensure survival of our platypus!
we need these wonderful keystones species, our environment & animals depend on them