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
We need ambitious goals to protect the natural world, biodiversity and species protection, not only for their own sake but to enable human flourishing and even survival. Degraded natural systems will not sustain us, will lead to impoverished lives for millions and face us with a future devoid of the beauty and wonder of a diverse and stunning planet.
Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction! And that needs to change.
I want more ambitious goals because we are falling far too short of our existing commitments to make a tangible difference, we must aim higher.
Ambitious goals are essential if we are to move towards a healthy natural environment to reverse the downhill direction we have been trending for far too long.
I see humans taking over this planet and spoiling it , pushing out and destroying other life forms. I find this extremely depressing and want the government to lead on ambitious goals to halt and reverse this destruction.
Thank you for your work to date. Please dont lose any opportunity to make a difference and save the planet.
Your skills in negotiating a better future for all are vital. But so are hard line global goals, and clear progress that is measurable.
Leadership from australia is key to this critical moment
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek make Australia a global leader for nature!
We must do this, for the earth’s sake – stand up! Show clear and unequivocal leadership- commit to action- leave no legal or semantic loopholes – step up.
I want to save our precious native wildlife as I know time is running out for the ones that aren’t already gone. We have to stop cutting down our forests and plant new ones NOW
the world needs to retain as much of its biodiversity as possible before most of it is gone
I want ambitious global goals because it is vital for the survival and well being of our planet.
I want more ambitious goals for nature because our world depends on us to bring it back from the mess we got it into.
Without tacking the serious problems we have in nature, there will be no significant achievements in tackling Climate Change. Interlinked in cause and effect.
Nature is the “thermometer”,
Climate Change is the “disease” causing the fever (higher temperatures).
If we fix one it will affect the other, and voceversa. But when you work on both, then you achieve real healing – and a planet for your children and grandchildren.
We MUST NOT rob them of a future in a Healthy, beautiful planet. Some of us, old neighbours had the privilege of knowing pristine ecosystems. Extremely rare nowadays, and a very sad human-created disaster for many on earth.
I’d like to see the declining populations of the iconic Bogong Moths reverse. This will also help Pygmy Possums survive too
State Governments are not doing enough to protect our wildlife. More Nature corridors and wildlife fence our roads especially in Tasmania
The accelerating extinction rate for species world-wide needs to be stopped unless we plan to be the generation known for creating a planet made almost devoid of wild spaces by our own selfishness and lack of foresight.
I support ambitious goals at the Cop 15. It is vital for the future of our earth and humanity. The interconnectedness of all life is precious.