#naturerepair — Public Fediverse posts

Private landholders control 60% of the Australian continent.
Many of Australia’s ecosystems are severely degraded.
Only 22% of Australia’s landmass is currently protected.

"About 60% of the continent is owned or managed privately – and 70% to 90% of inadequately protected wildlife is found mostly on such land, which includes farms, pastoral leases and mines."

"Through what legal mechanism can private landholders be engaged in biodiversity conservation? A conservation covenant is a legally binding commitment landholders make to restrict how their property is used."

"Existing covenants are generally used to protect high-value conservation land where ecosystems are healthy. Rarely are they used on degraded land needing restoration, such as overgrazed paddocks or former mining."
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https://theconversation.com/private-landholders-control-60-of-the-australian-continent-so-lets-get-them-involved-in-nature-protection-217450
#PrivateLandholders #degradation #mining #overgrazing #ConservationCovenant #NaturePositive #30x30 #nature #wildlife #koalas #Refuges #NatureRepair #restoration #conservation #biodiversity #climate

Fix Australia’s broken environmental laws to stop the rapid loss of nature

"Labor warned to clamp down on biodiversity offsets in environment law overhaul."

"The Australian government should significantly constrain the use of biodiversity offsets under its environmental law reform agenda and stop them being used for critically endangered wildlife, according to a report by a partnership of 11 universities."

"It recommended that offsets focused on restoring and creating new habitat and so-called “averted loss” offsets – which involve protecting existing habitat – be abolished."

“We know that the existing system has relied heavily on biodiversity offsets, and that this has failed to stem the destruction of nature in Australia."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/13/stop-the-rapid-loss-of-nature-labor-warned-to-clamp-down-on-biodiversity-offsets-in-environment-law-
#biodiversity #offsets #DoubleDipping #EnvironmentLaw #30x30 #NaturePositive #NatureRepair #law #destruction #ecosystems

Fix Australia’s broken environmental laws to stop the rapid loss of nature

"Labor warned to clamp down on biodiversity offsets in environment law overhaul."

"The Australian government should significantly constrain the use of biodiversity offsets under its environmental law reform agenda and stop them being used for critically endangered wildlife, according to a report by a partnership of 11 universities."

"It recommended that offsets focused on restoring and creating new habitat and so-called “averted loss” offsets – which involve protecting existing habitat – be abolished."

“We know that the existing system has relied heavily on biodiversity offsets, and that this has failed to stem the destruction of nature in Australia."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/13/stop-the-rapid-loss-of-nature-labor-warned-to-clamp-down-on-biodiversity-offsets-in-environment-law-
#biodiversity #offsets #DoubleDipping #EnvironmentLaw #30x30 #NaturePositive #NatureRepair #law #destruction #ecosystems

Fix Australia’s broken environmental laws to stop the rapid loss of nature

"Labor warned to clamp down on biodiversity offsets in environment law overhaul."

"The Australian government should significantly constrain the use of biodiversity offsets under its environmental law reform agenda and stop them being used for critically endangered wildlife, according to a report by a partnership of 11 universities."

"It recommended that offsets focused on restoring and creating new habitat and so-called “averted loss” offsets – which involve protecting existing habitat – be abolished."

“We know that the existing system has relied heavily on biodiversity offsets, and that this has failed to stem the destruction of nature in Australia."
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/13/stop-the-rapid-loss-of-nature-labor-warned-to-clamp-down-on-biodiversity-offsets-in-environment-law-
#biodiversity #offsets #DoubleDipping #EnvironmentLaw #30x30 #NaturePositive #NatureRepair #law #destruction #ecosystems

Fix Australia’s broken environmental laws to stop the rapid loss of nature

"Labor warned to clamp down on biodiversity offsets in environment law overhaul."

"The Australian government should significantly constrain the use of biodiversity offsets under its environmental law reform agenda and stop them being used for critically endangered wildlife, according to a report by a partnership of 11 universities."

"It recommended that offsets focused on restoring and creating new habitat and so-called “averted loss” offsets – which involve protecting existing habitat – be abolished."

“We know that the existing system has relied heavily on biodiversity offsets, and that this has failed to stem the destruction of nature in Australia."
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/13/stop-the-rapid-loss-of-nature-labor-warned-to-clamp-down-on-biodiversity-offsets-in-environment-law-
#biodiversity #offsets #DoubleDipping #EnvironmentLaw #30x30 #NaturePositive #NatureRepair #law #destruction #ecosystems

Fix Australia’s broken environmental laws to stop the rapid loss of nature

"Labor warned to clamp down on biodiversity offsets in environment law overhaul."

"The Australian government should significantly constrain the use of biodiversity offsets under its environmental law reform agenda and stop them being used for critically endangered wildlife, according to a report by a partnership of 11 universities."

"It recommended that offsets focused on restoring and creating new habitat and so-called “averted loss” offsets – which involve protecting existing habitat – be abolished."

“We know that the existing system has relied heavily on biodiversity offsets, and that this has failed to stem the destruction of nature in Australia."
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/13/stop-the-rapid-loss-of-nature-labor-warned-to-clamp-down-on-biodiversity-offsets-in-environment-law-
#biodiversity #offsets #DoubleDipping #EnvironmentLaw #30x30 #NaturePositive #NatureRepair #law #destruction #ecosystems

"Conservation groups challenge Labor over ‘lack of urgency’ on environment laws. Australia’s major conservation organisations have taken the Albanese government to task over what they say is a lack of urgency on environmental reform."

"The letter, signed by nine groups from the Places You Love alliance, including WWF Australia, the Australian Conservation Foundation, BirdLife Australia and the Wilderness Society, was sent a few weeks before the government announced it would selectively consult key stakeholders and experts instead of releasing draft legislation for public consultation before the end of the year."

Reforms "include a proposal that would give the environment minister powers to override a proposed decision from a new independent environment protection agency (EPA) and another that would allow developers to pay money into a fund rather than identify direct offsets to compensate for the destruction of habitat caused by their projects."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/24/conservation-groups-challenge-labor-over-lack-of-urgency-on-environment-laws
#Law #EPBC #Biodiversity #conservation #PlacesYouLove #EPA #PYL #PublicConsultation #consultation #NatureRepair #NatureRepairMarket #offsets #destruction #ExtinctionCrisis