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Make our missing wildlife visible again

Image: Doug Gimesy

Missing Wildlife

Our iconic animals are missing in the wild. Because our leaders are missing in action.

Tell them to step up and make laws that actually protect nature and wildlife.

Exposing extinction

Australia holds the world record for the most mammal extinctions in the world. The latest report from IUCN's Red List shows we are the 5th worst country for animal extinctions globally, and the 6th worst for the number of species listed as endangered and critically endangered. 

Unique Australian animals like numbats and mountain pygmy possums are all in decline, despite being on endangered lists for years.

Add your voice to the petition to the federal government, asking our elected representatives to support ambitious global goals for nature to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and achieve a Nature Positive world by 2030 — and invite your friends to raise their voice to nature too. 

 

Photo: Holger Detje

Missing: Greater glider

Once ruled our treetops. Under threat from land-clearing, logging and bushfires. Listed as Vulnerable. Photo: Doug Gimesy

Missing: Greater bilby

Elusive nocturnal burrow-dwellers. Under threat from land clearing and habitat destruction. Listed as Vulnerable. Photo: Jiri Lochman/Lochman LT

Missing: Platypus

Rarely spotted in the wild. Under threat from land-clearing, dams, development and climate change. Listed as Vulnerable in Victoria. Photo: Doug Gimesy

Missing: Koala

Our favourite fluffy friend. Under threat from tree-clearing, and development for housing and farms. Listed as Vulnerable. Photo: Aaron Stevenson

Missing: Eastern curlew

Master of long-haul flights. Under threat from wetland developments like Toondah Harbour. Listed as Critically Endangered. Photo: Wang LiQiang

Missing: Spotted-tail quoll

Hard to find in our forests. Under threat from land-clearing, logging and bushfires. Listed as Endangered. Photo: Craig Dingle

Missing: Mountain pygmy possum

Australia's only hibernating marsupial. Under threat from climate change, habitat destruction and feral predators. Listed as Critically Endangered. Photo: Jiri Lochman/Lochman Transparencies. 

Missing: Bogong moth

Once lined cave walls in their thousands. Under threat from droughts, temperature rises and habitat destruction. Listed as Endangered. Photo: Jean-Paul Ferrero/AUSCAPE.

Missing: Grey-headed flying fox

One of the largest bats in the world. Under threat from habitat loss, heat stress and illegal hunting. Listed as vulnerable. Photo: Doug Gimesy.

Missing: Black cockatoos

Aussie icons of the sky. Under threat from habitat loss and climate change. Four out of five species threatened. Photo: Michal Pesata/Shutterstock.com

Speak up for our missing wildlife

Add your voice to the petition to the federal government, asking our elected representatives to support ambitious global goals for nature to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and achieve a Nature Positive world by 2030.

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