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'Gut-wrenching and infuriating': why Australia is the world leader in mammal extinctions, and what to do about it

In fewer than 250 years, the ravages of colonisation have eroded the evolutionary splendour forged in this continent’s relative isolation. Australia has suffered a horrific demise of arguably the world’s most remarkable mammal assemblage, around 87% of which is found nowhere else.

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New dates suggest Oceania's megafauna lived until 25,000 years ago, implying coexistence with people for 40,000 years

For most of Australia’s human past sea levels were lower than they are today. Australia’s mainland was connected to Papua New Guinea and Tasmania as part of a larger landmass called “Sahul”.

The Conversation

UK Government to unveil crackdown on climate activism and strike action

Suella Braverman to reveal plans to grant police new powers to counter tactics favoured by Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion

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David Fleay's four-month expedition into wilds of Tasmania in bid to save thylacines from extinction

Renowned naturalist David Fleay urged authorities to save Tasmanian tigers from extinction before the death of the last-known surviving animal. Then he took matters into his own hands.

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Demonstrators block Downing Street gates in protest at PM’s climate approach

Crowds of Extinction Rebellion protesters arrived in Whitehall on Friday, waving flags, setting off flares, chanting and banging drums.

The Independent UK

Australia has hundreds of mammal species. We want to find them all – before they're gone

Life on Earth is undergoing a period of mass extinction – the sixth in history, and the first caused by humans. As species disappear at an alarming rate, we have learned that we understand only a fraction of Earth’s variety of life.

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Microplastics found in 75% of fish in New Zealand, report shows

Government’s oceans review also presents grim picture of species under threat of extinction including seabirds and mammals

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Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals

Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists

The Guardian - UK

Greece reborn: reversing the fortunes of a ghostly mountain village

With just nine residents, the Peloponnese retreat of Vamvakou was on the brink of extinction. Now it’s at the centre of a multi-million-euro project to lure back tourists and transform it into a tech hub

The Guardian - UK

Extinction Rebellion: Why A Lismore Resident Glued Her Hand To The Perspex Shield Over A Picasso

Two Extinction Rebellion activists, one a Lismore resident, glued their hands to the perspex over a Picasso painting on Sunday — here's why.

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Bringing back the art of Māori tā moko tattooing using traditional tools

In New Zealand, tattooing is offering indigenous communities a way to "decolonise". Far from simple body art, traditional Māori tattooing, known as tā moko, can symbolise status and growth within Māori communities. After being at risk of extinction for decades under British colonial rule in New Zealand, tā moko is…

France 24

Glacier grief: how funerals and rituals can help us mourn the loss of nature

From mountain top ceremonies to immersive art, people are finding new ways to express feelings of grief – and guilt

The Guardian - UK

Prized Picasso ‘unharmed’ after Extinction Rebellion activists glue hands to painting in Melbourne

Two people were arrested and later released without charge over the protest at the National Gallery of Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Extinction Rebellion Protestors Glued Their Hands To A Legit Fkn Picasso At The NGV In Melbourne

Ok I don't like it, Picasso.

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Protesters arrested after gluing themselves to Picasso painting at NGV in Melbourne

Police have arrested three protesters, after two of them glued their hands to the protective covering on a Picasso painting.

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Albany's southern right whales focus of research after being hunted 'almost to extinction'

A community famous for whaling is now facilitating an ambitious research project designed to help protect a species under threat.

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Dinonsaurs Were Headed For Extinction Before Asteroid Hit Earth

A new study of dinosaur eggs from the time of their mass extinction reveals the species was already on the way out before an asteroid struck.

Newcastle Herald

University conservation expert says government extinction plan is not enough

One species that he said should be on the list is the Regent Honeyeater.

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'Sea monsters' were real millions of years ago. New fossils tell about their rise and fall

Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same time as the last dinosaurs. Growing up to 12 metres long, mosasaurs looked like a Komodo dragon with flippers and a shark-like tail. They were also wildly diverse, evolving dozens…

The Guardian - AU

‘Show us the money,’ environment groups say after Labor sets goal of preventing any new extinctions

Advocates deride $224.5m funding pledge given one study suggests $2bn a year needed to recover 2,000 threatened plants, animals and ecological communities

Al Jazeera

Australia targets zero-extinction with promise to conserve land

Government says it will aim to conserve 30 percent of Australia’s land mass in attempt to protect its unique wildlife.

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‘No More Extinctions’: Labor Pledges To Protect Threatened Species With New Action Plan

The Federal Government has launched a new threatened species action plan with the ambitious goal to stop further extinctions in Australia.

AAP

Mini Noah's arks to save species

A government action plan that aims to prevent the loss of any more Australian species will focus on an initial list of 110 priority species and 20 places.

The Guardian - AU

Banks raise interest rates in response to RBA – as it happened

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Federal government pledges 30pc of all land for conservation to protect threatened species

The federal government will reserve 30 per cent of land for conservation to improve biodiversity and set a goal of no new extinctions in an overhaul of its threatened species action plan.

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