Environmental water to remain with the Environment Department (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'Environmental water should be used to protect and restore the rivers and wetlands of Murray-Darling Basin and therefore the Environment Department is...
View ArticleEnvironment groups remain committed to Tasmanian Forests Agreement (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "The environment group signatories fully support the TFA and all its outcomes - those that are important for conservation and those that are important...
View ArticleAdani coal project should not receive taxpayer funding (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Speaking on ABC Radio National Breakfast Mr Frydenberg said Adani's Carmichael coal mine 'is a commercial project… it needs to stand on its own two...
View ArticleFormer LNP official urges landholders to 'hang up' on environment officers
Australian Conservation Foundation condemns advice to refuse access to federal environment department officers investigating land clearing...
View ArticleACF welcomes land handover and new Binirr National Park in Cape York (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) ACF congratulates the Balnggarr, Binthi, Nhirrbanh, Wundal and Wunuurr people of south-east Cape York Peninsula on the historic return of 54,510...
View ArticleCape York Ghost Bat joins threatened list as government considers new mine...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Ghost bat now joins the Large-eared Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus philippinensis) and Semon's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros semoni) on the national...
View ArticleA year of reckless governing for Australia’s environment (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) As the Abbott Government's first anniversary approaches, the Australian Conservation Foundation has taken a look back over the big decisions the...
View ArticlePalaszczuk government acts to protect Queensland’s national parks (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) In delivering on its commitment to restore this fundamental legislation the Palaszczuk government has restored credibility to Queensland's protected...
View ArticleQueensland’s tree-clearing laws must be strengthened (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Presenting at the first public hearing of the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into the Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and other Legislation...
View ArticleLifelines offered for Australian wildlife (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'In Australia we are fortunate to have some of the most incredible wildlife on the planet,' said ACF campaigns director Paul Sinclair. 'Sadly, many...
View ArticleNational legal protection to stop national parks being turned into paddocks...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) At present potentially damaging projects proposed for national parks may be assessed by the federal government, but only if they might affect 'matters...
View ArticlePledge to review environment laws and fund environmental defenders welcome...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Labor has pledged to explore options to set up a federal environmental oversight body and reverse the current government's attempts to transfer...
View ArticleACF welcomes Cape York land tenure boost (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Under a unique initiative known as the Cape York Peninsula Tenure Resolution Program, almost all state land including national parks, timber reserves...
View ArticleNew approach to environment law needed to stop extinction crisis (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Plans for a new Environment Act and an independent body to oversee and enforce it are part of a policy announced today by the Greens. 'Australia's...
View ArticleEnvironmental water to remain with the Environment Department (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'Environmental water should be used to protect and restore the rivers and wetlands of Murray-Darling Basin and therefore the Environment Department is...
View Article'We have to stop the bulldozers': swaths of koala habitat lost, say activists
Queensland’s relaxed land-clearing laws have allowed 84,000ha of habitat to be destroyed and must be rolled back, say WWF and Australian Koala Foundation...
View ArticleCoalition split over intervention in Queensland land clearing
Ian MacDonald says he is ‘very concerned’ about move to apply federal environmental scrutiny to clearing permits in Cape York...
View ArticleACF welcomes land handover and new Ngaynggarr National Park in Cape York (ACF...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Australian Conservation Foundation today welcomed the return of lands on Cape York Peninsula to Traditional Owners and the creation of Australia's...
View ArticleQueensland land-clearing plans approved by LNP under investigation
Federal environment department ‘now looking’ at plans to clear 1,310 sq km of bushland, approved by former government but not referred to commonwealth...
View ArticleHabitat destruction a dire threat to Australia’s wildlife, scientists warn...
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) Hundreds of scientists have expressed alarm at Australia's increasing rate of destruction of native vegetation and called for governments to take...
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