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"Without fanfare, the Australian government has published the latest snapshot
on its progress toward halting and reversing the loss of Australia’s
biodiversity – our unique wildlife, plants and nature – by 2030. This report on
Australia’s progress under the
Global Biodiversity Framework is a
self-assessment, and the Australian government has given itself a glowing
report card.
We examined the claims in this report, called the
Seventh Report to the UN’s
Convention on Biological Diversity. And we found the government has been
unjustifiably optimistic, rewarding itself for “intentions” and promises so it
can claim we are on track.
This is wrong. Ecosystems are being left to degrade, rare and precious species
are sliding toward extinction, and billions of dollars are being used to
quietly fund subsidies, including for fossil fuels, which contribute to the
very destruction the government claims to be fixing.
Our last national report into Australia’s
State of the Environment found the
condition of the environment was poor and deteriorating. It is more pressing
than ever the government drops the spin and gets on with the hard work of
addressing the existential threat of biodiversity loss."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
