Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has committed to reserving 30 per cent of the country's land and oceans to conservation by 2030, to improve and protect biodiversity.
Minister Plibersek also announced a "no more extinctions" goal! And new support mechanisms for any species that end ups on an extinction list. Meanwhile, the Albanese Government will also be introducing new environmental laws next year.
"This new plan, as well as drawing much more on First Nations knowledge, also prioritises 110 species and 20 places," she said, "This doesn't mean that we don't look at other threatened species, but it means that these prioritised species create a kind of halo effect by focusing in on these species and these places, we have the biggest chance of success. If we focus on these species, we also protect the species around them."
Plibersek added that, "climate change is one of the biggest threats to our natural environment".
The 30 per cent target puts Australia in line with 50 other countries that have already committed to preserving this portion of their land and water for protection.
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But Australia is currently the "mammal-extinction capital of the world" with previous strategies in place failing to save plants and animals. How do you think the Albanese government will go?
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James Walsh
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