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#ExtinctionCrisis

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BellingenNSW

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

"Over the past decade, more than 550 Australian species have been either newly recognised as at risk of extinction or moved a step closer to being erased from the planet."

"Analysis shows 1,964,200 hectares of koala habitat was cleared between 2012 and 2021 – 81% of that in Queensland."

"Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since European invasion and colonisation – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity. The challenge is not only to stop the loss of habitat but to restore the environment in places it has been lost in 250 years of European-driven clearing."
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#biodiversity #ecosystems #loss #nature #wildlife #koalas #care #biosphere #laws #deforestation #extractivism #SettlerSociety #destruction #extinction #pollution #sprawl #housing #governance #ExtinctionCrisis #FossilFuels

The Guardian · Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?By Adam Morton
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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

via #EarthlyEducation

we are living through an #ExtinctionCrisis unlike anything in human history—over a million #species are at risk of disappearing in the coming decades. #ecosystems that have taken millions of years to evolve are unravelling before our eyes, driven by #HabitatDestruction, #climate chaos, #pollution, and endless #extraction. every species lost is a thread pulled from the web of life, and sooner or later, that web collapses. ⁠
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Brilliant cartoon by @schloriancartoon

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Drawing of house of cards, in the first level amphibies, second insects, third mammals and crops. On the top a human and a house. Text 'why should I care about the extinction of species?'
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Paul

Please consider reading and signing this 👇 petition for radical reform of the UN 🇺🇳, or boosting if you have already signed it.

The petition is relevant to crises such as: #RussianinvasionofUkraine
#israelipalestinianconflict

#Climatechange
#ExtinctionCrisis

The petition proposes to break the status quo at the UN, abolishing the vetoes and permanent seats in the “Security” Council.

The petition is a little longer than average, but, I believe, quite readable!

change.org/ReformTheUnitedNati

Change.orgSign the PetitionURGENTLY reform the UN, whose 80-year status quo has pushed the WORLD into CRISIS!!
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BellingenNSW

Deal to protect Australia's native forests blocked amid 'bullying' claims

"Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinction in the world, it is the only developed nation declared a deforestation hotspot and there are more than 2,200 species listed by the Commonwealth as threatened with extinction. A new deal would have protected what remains of the nation's forests." >>
au.news.yahoo.com/deal-to-prot

Anthony Albanese kills last-ditch environmental protection laws with crossbench
"The prime minister has been bullied by the mining and logging lobby again. The Greens want to get laws that would actually provide some protection for nature, but Labor couldn't even entertain protecting forests and critical habitat in an extinction crisis.">>
abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/alb
#NSWLogging #loggingIndustry #governance #deforestation #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #biodiversity #Australia #koalas #ResourceFrontiers #ExtinctionCrisis

Yahoo News · Deal to protect Australia's native forests blocked amid 'bullying' claimsBy Michael Dahlstrom
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BellingenNSW

"Ecosystem services" for ALL living beings

"Solving our current ecological and social crises requires a radical transformation of humanity's relationship to the global ecosystems that sustain all life."

At present there is government paralysis and "we keep voting in people who are OK with prolonging the use of fossil fuels, the very thing that is cooking our planet".

We have an egocentric approach to nature, despite knowing that without the environment, there's no economy.
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abc.net.au/news/2024-05-12/alb

"Nature does not revolve around humans any more than the sun revolves around the Earth...Ecosystem services are co-created by all species; humans must stop free-riding."
"We redefine ecosystem services as nature’s benefits to the biotic community of which humans are a part...The Ecozoic is defined as an era characterized by the mutual flourishing of humans and the rest of Nature.
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Rethinking ecosystem services from the anthropocene to the Ecozoic: Nature’s benefits to the biotic community
sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Ecosystem Services Key concepts and applications, au gov
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agriculture.gov.au/sites/defau
#nature #EcosystemServices #egocentrism #Australia #resources #TAKEApproach #anthropocentrism #biodiversity #conservation #ecosystems #Ecozoic #biodiversity #ExtinctionCrisis

Marine Biodiversity, NSW mosaic
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BellingenNSW

Biodiversity is being annihilated at a terrifying rate

A way of life handed down from generation to generation, from country to country. A modus operandi of replacing the diversity of life with a depleted mono-culture.

Anglo-Saxon countries such as Australia, New Zealand (Aotearoa), and North America still follow this prototypical form from the UK. The UK today is “one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world”

“The UK has sleepwalked into this nature crisis and the fact that we are now one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world simply isn’t being talked about enough. Organisers cited the 2023 State of Nature report on the UK’s biodiversity, which found that 43% of UK bird species were in decline and 97% of wildflower meadows have disappeared since the second world war. They warned we are “entering the sixth mass extinction event”.
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theguardian.com/environment/20

Ecological Grief as a Response to Environmental Change: A Mental Health Risk or Functional Response?
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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/
#biodiversity #nature #ClimateBreakdown #ExtinctionCrisis #mourning #Australia #UK #US #NZ #EcologicalGrief #solastalgia #EcoAnxiety #DieIns #extinction

The Guardian · Chris Packham joins environmental activists in mock funeral processionBy Mabel Banfield-Nwachi
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BellingenNSW

Obituary for another dead bird along Gleniffer Road

The road just out of Bellingen leads along a boulevard of maples (also known as Mistletoe Avenue) with cow paddocks on either side. The straight line of road entices motorists to hit the accelerator. When they are offered a choice, their automatism dictates that they just fly straight. Especially after the 'upgrade' of Gleniffer road speeding has increased.

The dead magpie-lark today was mourned by its partner in the middle of the hot road. Peewees generally pair for life and bring up their offspring together. It is prime breeding season right now.

The pre-cooked cows huddle under the few twigs of shade and watch the carnage.

The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) partners sing in duet, each partner is producing about one note a second, but a half-second apart, so that humans find it difficult to tell that there are actually two birds singing, not one.

Thanks to this "mobility design", 'road upgrades' and motorist's behaviour there won't be any more magpie-lark duet singing...

This is just one 'case' of wildlife smeared along the local roads.

Gleniffer road, Bellingen where people and wildlife die
#Biodiversity#wildlife#birds
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