A new global review has found that nature finance and biodiversity markets alone are not a silver bullet for closing conservation funding gaps, with governments and philanthropy set to remain essential for protecting and restoring nature.

The Biodiversity Council has called on the federal government to scrap plans to hand national environmental approval powers to states and territories until strong National Environmental Standards (NES) have been developed.

The Minerals Council of Australia has called on the Australian Government to invest $13 million to embed AI tools into federal environmental approval processes, which may drive endangered species closer to extinction.

The Biodiversity Council says the Australian Government is using spin to hide the nature loss crisis and avoid doing enough work to address it, after assessing their first report to the UN under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

We have raised concern over the Federal Government’s decision to grant a national interest exemption to Alcoa, allowing the American mining giant to continue operations despite years of unauthorised clearing and failed post-mining regeneration.

Groundbreaking research has uncovered that the Australian Government is providing $26 billion per year in financial support to activities that harm the nation's unique natural environment, known as biodiversity-harmful subsidies.

25 leading conservation scientists, ecologists, and mammal experts refute the controversial claim that there is "little evidence" that introduced cats and foxes have caused extinctions in Australia.

The Biodiversity Council and the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales are jointly calling out the major nature risks from the Redbank Power Station proposal which is appealing its rejection by the NSW IPC.

The Biodiversity Council has welcomed key improvements secured by the Greens in the Federal Government’s nature law reforms today, but warn that key risks remain in the proposed legislation.

The Threatened Species Index has revealed enormous population declines in Australia’s threatened frog and reptile species over the last 40 years. Experts call for increased funding and government action.