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 want ambitious global goals for nature because we need to do better and seek more harmony in nature.
I want ambitious goal for nature because it’s I enjoy hiking with my family, and nature sustains us
Our environment, the flora and fauna are our greatest asset. Having an abundance will set us apart from the rest of the world.
The time for complacency is over.
some things are more important than money!
When the animals are in trouble, WE’RE in TROUBLE. I’ve had it up to here.
Australia is known for its beautiful array of animals land, ocean and sky. Why must we tear down trees and habitat when their are so much land already cleared from farming! Some of which are hardly used.
Please help protect our wild life or else they will become extinct.
We need to save what makes Australia unique
Our habitat is a legacy we must protect for future generations. I am looking to support leaders and organisations who are genuine and bold in ensuring this happens.
We need to protect our environment so we can continue to inhabit this planet, lets work to reverse so much of the damage that have been caused
life without plants, trees, animals and birds would be completely intolerable.
We are running out of time for so many Australian native animals. If we knew they’d all be extinct in 5 years we’d be madly trying to do something now. We are too complacent because there is no definitive extinction date so we just muddle on putting help off until tomorrow and then when that’s come we put it off until the next day! It’s human nature but we can’t do that any more. We all need to donate our time and money towards our wildlife now before it’s all gone.
We need much more aggressive policies to guide the protection of our native fauna and flora.