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We’re working with experts, communities, Traditional Owners, farmers, government and industries to solve Australia’s biodiversity crisis. And that includes you.

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Why Australia needs a Biodiversity Council

Listen to Professors Brendan Wintle, Sarah Bekessy and John Thwaites talk about Australia's biodiversity challenge and why they are excited to be part of the Biodiversity Council.

Australia’s biodiversity is recognised and valued nationally and globally as a priceless heritage, a foundation for our life and a defining feature of our country, and its future is recovered or secured


Latest News

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Latest Resources

SubmissionSubmission to Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment (Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025 Parliamentary InquiryDownload
ReportKey actions needed to respond to South Australia's catastrophic toxic algal bloomDownload
ReportDelivering houses and saving dragons: Overcoming government policy and implementation failures to ensure the survival of the Victorian grassland earless dragon Download
SubmissionSubmission to the Review of the NSW Companion Animals Laws discussion paperDownload

Acknowledgements

The Biodiversity Council acknowledges the First Peoples of the lands and waters of Australia, and pays respect to their Elders, past, present and future and expresses gratitude for long and ongoing custodianship of Country.

The Biodiversity Council is an independent expert group founded by 11 Australian universities to promote evidence-based solutions to Australia’s biodiversity crisis. It is hosted by The University of Melbourne. It receives funding from 11 university partners and The Ian Potter Foundation, The Ross Trust, Trawalla Foundation, The Rendere Trust, Isaacson Davis Foundation, Coniston Charitable Trust and Angela Whitbread.



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