Our environmental laws are failing us in the face of the climate crisis

"If we don’t stop this rampant approval of fossil fuel projects, by 2073 we’ll be living through the large-scale destruction of ecosystems and will have breached multiple tipping points, leading to the collapse of our food systems and hellish heat and fires."

"If we don’t get this right, we’re not just making every day Threatened Species Day, we’re headed towards a toxic, sad, future, with damage and destruction that cannot be unwound. There are no second chances or take backs, it’s now or never."

Prof Tim Flannery is a former climate commissioner, chief councillor at the Climate Council and one of Australia’s leading writers on climate change

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/09/our-environmental-laws-are-failing-us-in-the-face-of-the-climate-crisis
#FossilFuels #coal #Australia #environment #law #legacy #EnvironmentalManagement #extinction #biodiversity #climate

Environmentalists condemn Australia’s ‘woeful record’ after 48 plants and animals added to threatened species list

“This many species being added to the list in one go is a sign of widespread ecological collapse,” Tim Beshara of the Wilderness Society.

“Australia has a woeful track record when it comes to protecting our unique animals and plants. We are a world leader in sending mammals to extinction – and it is mostly because we keep allowing their homes to be bulldozed, logged and overrun,” Nature campaigner Jess Abrahams

“We need stronger laws to protect these species and significantly more funding to do it with."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/07/environmentalists-condemn-australias-woeful-record-after-48-plants-and-animals-added-to-threatened-species-list
#Australia #EnvironmentalManagement #sprawl #roads #cats #dogs #deforestation #logging #NSWLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #biodiversity #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife #koalas #conservation #care #extinction makers

NSW environment protection laws unlikely to succeed without major overhaul, damning review finds
"A scathing review of NSW environment laws warns half of the species under threat in the state are on course to become extinct within the next 100 years.. Biodiversity is not being conserved."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/24/nsw-environment-protection-laws-unlikely-to-succeed-without-major-overhaul-damning-review-finds
#NSW #biodiversity #law #EnvironmentalManagement #conservation #failure #Koala #extractivism #NativeForest #logging #SaveTuckersNob #extinction makers

Razing Darwin bush
Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate of any country in the world.

"The fringes of Darwin contain some of Northern Australia's most biodiverse habitat for mammals...What we've been seeing for at least 40 years is that native mammals have been declining seriously from Queensland through to Western Australia...If we lose the fragments of habitat in the Greater Darwin area, we lose those species"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-22/nt-darwin-developments-risk-extinction-lee-point-middle-arm/102751470
#EnvironmentalManagement #Australia #NT #MiddleArm #Darwin Harbour #extinction makers #biodiversity #wipeout

In the UK if you store more than 200 litres of fuel or oil, tanks may need to meet certain requirements. Check on your oil storage with these tips: https://youtube.com/shorts/bSvy1BhPNuY?feature=share

#oilstorage #fuel #spillprevention #environmentalmanagement

"When are environmental DNA early detections of invasive species actionable?"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479723010046

#eDNA #StructuredDecisionMaking #InvasiveSpecies #EnvironmentalManagement

If you are interested in caves and cave management, the Southern Hemisphere peak body ACKMA (Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association) has pdfs of its journal publicly acessible. You can access everything apart from the most recent issues.

Here is the link: http://ackma.org/journal/journals_pub.html

The AndySeZ series of explainers about everything #cave and #karst by Andy Spate are highly recommended.

#caves #environmentalmanagement #sustainability #karst #environment #science

Female Indigenous rangers of the Great Barrier Reef win Prince William's Earthshot Prize https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-03/earthshot-prize-indigenous-women-rangers-great-barrier-reef/101730476 #news #EnvironmentalManagement #Royalty

Saltmarshes sequestered 10m tonnes of carbon in 2021 — and they are protecting homes as well https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-01/abs-finds-saltmarshes-sequestered-10m-tonnes-of-carbon-in-2021/101718984 #news #EnvironmentalManagement #DairyProduction #Wetlands #Pasture

'Chainsaws already operating': Tasmanian farmer battles sudden logging of native forest https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/tasmanian-farmer-wages-battle-over-logging-plan/101716526 #news #Forestry,LoggingandTimberIndustry #EnvironmentalManagement #Forestry

Famous chocolate bar's maker says new packaging 'something consumers expect' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-28/mars-wrigley-sustainable-packaging-chocolate-bars/101694810 #news #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #EnvironmentalManagement #FoodProcessing

WA laws criticised as Indigenous custodians 'excited' for federal protection of cultural sites https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-24/wa-new-federal-legislation-in-wake-of-juukan-gorge-disaster/101692384 #Indigenous(OtherPeoples) #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalImpact #Aboriginal

Introduction…

Lifelong belief in the value of #libraries #books #data and accessing information & helping people find information they need

Creative through #reading #writing #bookbinding #bookmaking #inks and #FountainPens #TextileArts #photography

Curious about #folklore #fairytales and the stories we tell

Other interests in #history #art #science #yql #lethbridge #ABPoli #AbLeg #EnvironmentalManagement #water #Landscape

Always a #Geographer

Will post many pictures of my #doggo