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From frog saunas to butterfly puddles: 8 ways to turn your homes into a wildlife refuge

Evidence shows noticing wildlife at home can lead to better mental health. Co-habitating with wildlife can also help you feel more at home.
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10 ways that our national environmental laws must change

13 December 2023
The Biodiversity Council is calling for an overhaul of Australia’s biodiversity offsets system. Read about 10 environmental law reforms needed to protect nature in Australia and why.
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8 ways to tone down the Christmas lights to help wildlife - and why we should

12 December 2023
The Australian government has launched a campaign asking people to “switch off light pollution” to protect wildlife. So, what does the science say? Should we rethink Christmas lights?
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Can the government’s new market mechanism help save nature? Yes – if we get the devil out of the detail

6 December 2023
Australians woke up this morning to discover they had a nature repair market, after the legislation passed late last night. Except it won’t be called a market, and it won’t include biodiversity offsets.
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Changes to Nature Repair Bill signal positive signs for environmental protection

6 December 2023
Australia's nature repair market was passed in the Senate this week. We welcome the exclusion of biodiversity offsets and the expanded scope of the ‘water trigger’.
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Wildlife need us to tone down the Christmas lights

5 December 2023
The Biodiversity Council is urging people to get behind the Australian Government’s new campaign to switch off light pollution to help wildlife. Here are 8 ways to help wildlife by cutting light pollution while still enjoying Christmas decorations.
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We must assess ‘cumulative impacts’ to protect nature from death by a thousand cuts

30 October 2023
Australia’s national environment protection law ignores the big picture; here we look at the how multiple projects can have a cumulative impact on nature, and what needs to change.
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Aerial culling the only humane and feasible option to manage exploding feral horse population in NSW Alps

27 October 2023
The NSW Government has decided to resume aerial culling of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park. Read on to understand why the removal of large introduced herbivores from sensitive alpine habitats is an important decision...
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Living Wonders court judgement legal but immoral - Continued approval of coal mines harms people and biodiversity

25 October 2023
The Federal Court has ruled that the federal government do not need to consider the risks fossil fuels pose to nature when deciding whether or not to approve fossil fuel projects...
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Global assessment finds Australia is top country for unique plants, but failing on conservation assessments

10 October 2023
Did you know 9 in 10 Australian plant species are found nowhere else on earth? A report released today has assessed the state of the world’s plants and countries' efforts to conserve their plant diversity.
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Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodians. But laws don’t protect species for their cultural significance

3 October 2023
For saltwater people of Australia’s east and west coasts, humpback whales hold important lore in the form of stories , yet protecting species for their cultural significance is not possible under Australian law. Here's why we need this to change.
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