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Biodiversity Council warns: handing environmental approval powers to states is premature and high-risk

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.
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Biodiversity Council welcome government investment in H5N1 bird flu virus response

14 October 2024
Today the Australian Government announced more than $100 million to fight the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which has killed millions of animals overseas, including wild birds and mammals, and livestock.
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Yes, nature is complex. But saving our precious environment means finding ways to measure it

10 October 2024
Nature is indeed complex – but measuring how a business intersects with it need not be. This article maps out the key steps businesses should take to gauge their impact on the environment.
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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.
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‘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
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Reading desert sands – Indigenous wildlife tracking skills underpin vast monitoring project

1 October 2024
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.
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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.
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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.
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Experts urge PM to establish robust EPA and EIA

18 September 2024
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.
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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.
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Reimagining Conservation in 2024

11 September 2024
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.
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