Biodiversity Issues
Victoria's State of the Forest Report 2008
The State of the Forests Report is supposed to underpin the sustainability of Victoria's native forest logging; however it is clear that 2/3 of the indicators have missing data!
We need your support for the protection of Yabby and Shrimp against over fishing before September 10 2010
They maybe small and I agree not so pretty but without them we lose species that define Australia such as the Platypus. This is a call to action to write a quick submission on the policy settings to protect the once common yabbie.
Donate Now to Fund Research to Stop Logging Leadbeaters Possum Habitat
The Leadbeater's possum (adult male pictured), Victoria's faunal emblem, is on the brink of extinction.
Biodiversity Summit
Biodiversity is the living fabric of the planet – the diversity of ecosystems, species and genes which make up life on earth. Australia has a special responsibility as one of 17 mega-diverse countries that collectively hold about 70% of the world’s plants and animals. We have more endemic animal species than any other country. We are also unique in spanning an entire continent and its surrounding seas within one political jurisdiction.
Baw Baw Frog
This is an insightful glimpse of just how far the Department of Sustainability and Environment is prepared to go to make sure that critically endangered species habitat can be clear fell logged.
Senate Inquiry into the operation of the EPBC Act 1999
Due 5 September 2008