Loss of terrestrial biodiversity in Australia: Magnitude, causation, and response

"Australia’s biota is species rich, with high rates of endemism. This natural legacy has rapidly diminished since European colonization. Extinction rates, already far exceeding the global average for mammals, are predicted to escalate across all taxa, and ecosystems are collapsing. Severe degradation of Australia’s natural world began ~250 years ago, when European colonization began removing Indigenous peoples from the land they had managed for >60,000 years."

"The authors “focus here on biodiversity loss since European colonization, particularly the contemporary processes shaping the status of biodiversity and the conservation response... More than 7.7 million hectares of the habitat of threatened species was cleared between 2000 and 2017"

“Australians have much to learn from an increased respect for, and application of, Indigenous ways of knowing. Embedding human social, spiritual, and general well-being objectives as an emergent property of healthy ecosystems is a core principle of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg7870

Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
https://www.cbd.int/gbf/

#StateForest #BellingenLogging #GKNP #SettlerCulture #Australians #degradation #logging #EcosystemDegradation #IndigenousKnowledge #koalas #biodiversity #extinction makers

#Australians #Barbie

#Anthony #Albanese stares down calls for rethink on timing of the #Voice #referendum - ABC News https://apple.news/AVh5JsrN_Tbi19reI-fQPrQ | Can’t wait until this #racist prick sees his equally-racist referendum lost… The man’s a disgrace, a horrible human being and an embarrassment to all #Australians . At least his legacy will be that he was a proud racist; that’s something I suppose. | #PM #PrimeMinister #AnthonyAlbanese #TheVoice #racism #Australia

Joined #UnionsNSW handing out flyers for the #VoiceToParliament at my local train station this morning.

The #Yes23 flyer explains the #Referendum is about:

1. Recognising #Indigenous #Australians in the Constitution

2. Listening to them through the Voice - a committee of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who can give advice to Parliament.

Sound fair? #VoteYes 👍 #VoteYesAustralia

🛒 Sept. 30, 2020: Headlines > #Australians have become accustomed to this annual nationwide assault, carrying umbrellas and wearing helmets with cable ties sticking out of them (the effectiveness of which is debatable). - sea.mashable https://misfitothernews.blogspot.com/2023/07/sept-30-2020-headlines-australians-have.html

Some Things Change was my submission for The Big Issue Australia's Fiction Edition 2023.

The Big Issue's brief was broad: Stories of all kinds – literary, comedy, romance, sci-fi, crime and everything in between, from 500 to 3000 words.

I regularly submit 500-word short stories to the Australian Writers' Centre's Furious Fiction writing challenges. And the temptation was to write a shorter-length story, similar to my Furious Fiction entries.

But I wanted to stretch myself and my writing. So I wrote a longer short story (just over 2700 words) consisting of three vignettes, set in different locations and times but with a common thread, two protagonists, cousins, exploring Australia's history and relationship with Indigenous peoples.

#Writing #ShortStories #Australia #Indigenous #Australians

https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/some-things-change

#greek #australians #donate to #asylumseekerresourcecentre #auspol #refugees

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/07/03/news/community/greek-australians-donate-to-asylum-seekers-resource-centre/

Wise words from Truth-Telling by Henry Reynolds (#NewSouthPublishing): "For the electorate at large [the 1967 Referendum] represented a chance to welcome #Indigenous #Australians into the political community." 🖤💛❤️

#UluruStatement #VoiceToParliament #VoteYesAustralia

Proud to attend #Yes23's #ComeTogetherForYes event in #Sydney today with fellow #WentworthForTheVoice volunteers. Inspiring performances and speeches. #VoteYesAustralia for recognition of #Indigenous #Australians in the #Constitution and a #VoiceToParliament. 🖤💛❤️

I’d say #Medicare/#PBS covers about 15-20% of my medical costs atm. Even less soon.

How are other #Australians faring?

#AusPol
#ChronicIllness

For #australians very basic tax #scam just dropped.

#Australians Make Bold Attempt To Keep #DonaldTrumpJr. Out Of The Country

The ex-president's son has a tour planned for July to spew his far-right rhetoric in #Australia.

A petition to prevent former president Donald Trump's eldest son from visiting in July has collected more than 17,000 signatures.

Its message is loud and clear: the younger Trump and his far-right rhetoric aren’t welcomed by some critics down under.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jr-petition-australia_n_64918551e4b027d92f95ba97

Any #Australians about?Here are some snacks.

A recording of Diane Hall's QUB #IrishStudies Annual Lecture on #Australians in Ireland, 1880-1925 is now available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHRmurIFe9Y&t=9s #IrishHistory #MigrationHistory

#housingcrisis #older #Australians #sharehouse

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/31/im-obviously-not-first-choice-rental-crisis-forcing-older-australians-back-into-share-houses?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Thanks to all who came along to this evening’s #QUB #IrishStudies lecture by Diane Hall on #Australians in Ireland 1850-1925

#australians finding out that they have been taken for a ride, again. How was this covered up until now? #pwc #lnp #government #corruption #complicit

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-blindboy-podcast/id1300577518?i=1000607438655

Blindboy does take approx 30min a to get around to the title’s subject. But still a #highlyrecommend #podcast And though Blindboy is all about Ireland’s #housingcrisis I still think is a great listen for #Australians and
#Australia #homeless

This is a #political time to document the #rentcrisis and #homelessness with art and unforgettable imagery

Will you be taking the #OathOfAllegiance today during #Coronation2023 #Brits ? & what do #Canadians #Australians think? It’s not for me, but the #History is fascinating. #Royalty #Monarchy #Coronation  #KingCharles #KingCharlesCoronation #KingCharlesIII @YorksBylines @BylineTimes @BylinesNetwork https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/constitutional-affairs/allegiance-annoyance-and-abracadabra-monarchy-in-the-21st-century/

@IAmDannyBoling @jencmars

It has its moments but mostly it's okay so long as #Rupert isn't long it off a mausoleum which is what thinking #Australians pay for and think about, but thankfully they refrain from sending those #thoughts and #prayers which generally do fuck all in the greater scheme of #things.