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"If environmental protection means anything, it must protect what is rare and irreplaceable. That includes the Northern Jarrah Forest and its endangered ecosystems. Allowing its systematic dismantling under the guise of offsets, as part of critical mineral trade strategies, weakens environmental law and erodes public trust.

There is no offset for what cannot be replaced. If we continue to trade unique ecosystems for minerals trading advantage, future generations will look back on this moment not as a triumph of clever policy, but as a surrender to short-term geopolitical tensions, at nature’s expense." https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260225-you-simply-cant-offset-strip-mining-the-only-jarrah-forest-on-earth

"If nature isn’t front and centre of the energy transition, we risk forging a double edged sword—destroying desperately needed habitats, accelerating biodiversity loss and harming our unique and precious ecosystems in the name of climate action.

Protecting nature as the country transitions to renewable energy is not just an ethical imperative; it’s critical to the future of Australia’s economy as well. In its Global Risks Report for 2025, the World Economic Forum ranks extreme weather events, and biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as the top risks to the global economy over the next ten years."

🌳 **National Eucalypt Day ** 🌳 happens in March and there are events and activities happening all over this continent. See what's happening near you and get involved or organise an event in your community, sponsor a seedling for a conservation group, or plant a eucalypt seedling yourself somewhere where it's needed! For info and ideas: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-eucalypt-day/

This is also very positive news in a warming climate. https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/8161b8c5-b04c-4ef3-b0f7-6df86ec7b684.jpeg

Happy news for our wildlife for a change. A long-overlooked structure carrying utilities above a 40,000-vehicle-a-day transport corridor is being retrofitted to allow animals to move safely between fragmented sections of bushland. The project revives a conservation vision first proposed by a young park ranger in the 1970s so let's say it's taken the powers that be more time to get the project operational than it would take a snail to cross the bridge 😆 but hey, it's so significant that it's happened and that there will be more projects like this in the future 🤩

There's so much that can be done that will support our waterways and also provide employment in rural areas.

Be your own conservationist. A great project to do with kids. If you have a backyard, whether you're a home owner or renter, a lizard lounge 🦎 is easy to set up and requires little to no maintenance depending how basic or elaborate you want it to be. There's lots of videos online but here's two:

BASIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcoLRdVGnLg&t=1s

DELUXE: https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/lizard-lounge/10930978

"The federal government has struck a ‘deal’ with Alcoa that allows the mining giant to continue clearing the Northern Jarrah Forest, despite findings that it illegally destroyed habitat for nationally protected species between 2019 and 2025.

Under the agreement, Alcoa will pay $55 million through ‘enforceable undertakings’—an outcome the federal government is claiming as “the largest conservation-focused commitment of its kind.”

In reality, by not prosecuting Alcoa, the government has essentially handed the US-mining giant a “Get Out of Jail Free” card—transforming what should have been a massive regulatory breach into a strategic endeavour."

https://wilderness.org.au/news-events/regulatory-hall-pass-55-million-payment-lets-alcoa-continue-clearing-endangered-northern-jarrah-forest

Anyone surprised?