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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...

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Environment 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...

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Adani 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...

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Former 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...

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ACF 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...

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Cape 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...

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A 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...

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Palaszczuk 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...

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Queensland’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...

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Lifelines 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...

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National 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...

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Pledge 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...

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ACF 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...

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New 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...

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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...

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'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...

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Coalition 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...

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ACF 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...

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Queensland 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...

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Habitat 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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