What does Nature Positive mean for business and government?
A new report by the Biodiversity Council sets out the key points that businesses, local, state and federal governments need to know about nature positive and how they can help drive positive changes for a more sustainable future.
What does Nature Positive mean for business and government?
9 October 2024
A new report by the Biodiversity Council sets out the key points that businesses, local, state and federal governments need to know about nature positive and how they can help drive positive changes for a more sustainable future.
‘Nature-negative’ – the federal government subsidies harming biodiversity
7 October 2024
The Australian Government spends around 50 times more on subsidising activities that harm the environment than it spends on helping biodiversity each year, according to an assessment undertaken by Biodiversity Council
New research collates almost 49,000 animal detections during 15,000 surveys at more than 5,300 sites, since 1982. This unique data set reveals new information about desert species.
Vic Gov ignore wishes and lore of Traditional Custodians and advice of scientists about killing dingoes
25 September 2024
The Biodiversity Council is deeply disappointed by the decision of the Victorian Allan Government to continue to allow the killing of dingoes in Victoria.
Biodiversity Council back crossbench call to end unfair legal exemptions for forestry industry
23 September 2024
The Biodiversity Council strongly support the position of the crossbench in calling for an end to the carve-out of native forest logging from national environmental law.
Leading Australian scientists and First Nations experts are calling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to deliver on Labor's election commitment and establish an effective national environmental protection agency.
Our emissions targets are 'easy peasy' to meet by ending land clearing and native forest logging
11 September 2024
In an Op Ed for The Mercury Professors Brendan Mackey and David Lindenmayer argue that Australia could easily meet its emission targets without nuclear power plants.
The Reimagining Conservation Forum 2024 highlighted the necessity of protecting Country, embracing truth-telling and fostering healing to achieve meaningful progress. Biodiversity Council's Cultural Strategic Lead Lauren Arabena reports back.
We're using tiny cups of water to put out nature's raging fire
11 September 2024
In an Op Ed for the Canberra Times professor Hugh Possingham writes that the best signal the government could send would be to invest ten times more of your tax dollars in nature.
Study finds environment laws are failing to curb nature destruction in Northern Australia
9 September 2024
New research led by The University of Queensland has added to the case for federal nature law reform after finding existing laws in Queensland and the Northern Territory are not working to protect nature or curb deforestation.
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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