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Join our webinar: Preparing for bird flu impacts on Australian wildlife
9 August 2024
Join us on the 26th of August and hear from an expert panel on how bird flu is impacting wildlife globally and what we need to do to safeguard Australian wildlife.
Our national list of threatened plants and animals has just reached 2,118 species – it is the tip of the iceberg
7 August 2024
Thousands of species are likely to meet the national threatened species criteria but have never been assessed, leaving them without protection under national law.
Three Biodiversity Councillors announced as finalists for prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
1 August 2024
Biodiversity Council Councillors Euan Ritchie, Carolyn Hogg and David Keith are finalists for the 2024 Eureka Prize for excellence in their respective fields.
Strong progress – from a low base: here’s what’s in NSW’s biodiversity reforms
20 July 2024
Koalas in trouble, land clearing at speed – nature in New South Wales is not well. Now the government is proposing significant changes to its ineffective biodiversity laws.
Top scientists call on Australian Government to allocate federal funding towards nature protection and management
18 July 2024
More than two dozen of Australia’s eminent ecology, conservation and biodiversity academics have called on the Australian Government to commit significant federal funding towards nature.
Deadly bird flu found to spread between mammals, raising risk to Australian sea lions, seals and dolphins
8 July 2024
We are calling on Australia’s governments to urgently and collaboratively ramp up preparations for bird flu in wildlife, as new research provides the first strong evidence of mammal-to-mammal transmission of the deadly H5N1 strain.
Indigenous-led Jaragun Ecoservices receive $2 million to help restore Russell Mulgrave Basin
5 July 2024
Jaragun EcoServices will be working in the Russell Mulgrave Basin to recover three culturally and ecologically important species that can improve carbon sequestration, sediment and nutrient filtration and other ecosystem services.
Federal funding to hit the ground in coastal habitats of the Great Barrier Reef
30 June 2024
The Australian Government has allocated $28.5 million across 18 on-ground projects to restore and rehabilitate coastal habitats on the Great Barrier Reef. The projects represent a wise investment from the government, but funding should be scaled up.