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 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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Submission regarding Implementing Australia’s Strategy for Nature 2024-2030
15 October 2025
The Biodiversity Council is deeply concerned by the lack of urgency, ambition, and credibility in the approach being taken to the Strategy for Nature. Without significant improvements, the vision of the Strategy for Nature will never be realised.
Submission to the import of Bengal Cat for household pet purposes
10 October 2025
The Biodiversity Council recommends that the Australian Government rejects the application to include Bengal cats on the live import list, as they pose significant ecological and biosecurity risks.
Submission to the 'A Fresh Start for Private Protected Areas' Discussion Paper
12 September 2025
We support Queensland's efforts to expand its protected area system, mainly through private land partnerships. We outline key concerns and recommendations to achieve the best outcomes for biodiversity and to remove barriers for private land owners.
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Climate Risk Assessment
8 September 2025
The Biodiversity Council welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback and evidence to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee's inquiry into Climate Risk Assessment.
The importance of Aboriginal inclusion in responding to South Australia’s Harmful Algal Bloom
5 September 2025
The newly established Southern Australian Aboriginal Land and Sea Management Alliance (SAALSMA) recognises the need for an inclusive approach to addressing the SA algal bloom to develop comprehensive and culturally appropriate solutions.
Submission to Pinjarra Alumina Refinery Revised Proposal and Bauxite Mining on the Darling Range in the Southwest of WA for the years 2023 to 2027
21 August 2025
The Biodiversity Council recommends that Alcoa's proposals which involve clearing 11,617 hectares of the Northern Jarrah Forest should not be approved.
Submission to NSW Independent Planning Commission regarding the restart of Redbank Power Station
15 August 2025
The proposed Redbank Power Station, like other large-scale biomass burning projects, is not climate positive nor environment positive. We recommend that this project should not be approved.
Submission to Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment (Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025 Parliamentary Inquiry
31 July 2025
The Biodiversity Council does not support the misleadingly named 'Conservation Hunting' Bill as the assumptions upon which it is based are not supported by the best available evidence.
Key actions needed to respond to South Australia's catastrophic toxic algal bloom
24 July 2025
Australia is witnessing one of the worst marine disasters in living memory. The Biodiversity Council and our expert partners outline seven actions that should be taken to respond to this event and prepare for the future.
Delivering houses and saving dragons: Overcoming government policy and implementation failures to ensure the survival of the Victorian grassland earless dragon
12 June 2025
Overcoming government policy and implementation failures to ensure the survival of the Victorian grassland earless dragon.
