Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Yesterday, our campaign team hand delivered the 440K+ names of Greenpeace Australia Pacific supporters urging Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to protect Western Australia's wildlife by saying NO to Woodside’s Burrup Hub. 🙅♀️🚫 The 5th largest petition ever presented in Parliament House. The petition was presented in a bespoke glass bottle commissioned by Canberra local artist Lisa Cahill and handed to the Environment Minister, before being officially tabled in Parliament later tonight by Minister Kate Chaney MP and Senator David Pocock. A huge thank you to everyone who signed their name to this petition, and helped to send a strong message that Australians and people across the Pacific want to see our precious endangered species protected over new dirty fossil fuel developments. 🐋💙 #StopWoodsidesDrill

Right now, less than 3% of the world’s ocean is properly protected. 🌏🌊 …And much of the high seas beyond our borders are being destroyed by industrial #fishing like bottom trawling, #plastic pollution and #climatechange. 💔 In March 2023, our global movement of millions of people helped inspire governments around the world to support what's now known as the Global Ocean Treaty. This Treaty is a powerful tool that can create vast ocean sanctuaries and help protect at least 30% of the oceans by 2030. By creating new ocean sanctuaries, we can protect places like the Lord Howe Rise and South Tasman Sea for generations to come. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gxSPQT9G #ProtectTheOceans #GlobalOceanTreaty

“Species are like a house of cards. You can’t just take one card out of the deck and not expect the deck to crumble.” - Stuart Pimm, Professor of Conservation Ecology 🎨 Stefan Haller

⚠️ Beef production is driving Australia’s deforestation crisis. ⚠️ And Coles Group is one of the industry's biggest buyers - yet the ONLY major supermarket left in #Australia with a zero-deforestation policy. And by not addressing #deforestation in its supply chains, the supermarket giant is failing our native forests and wildlife who continue to face the extreme consequences. 🐨💔 That's why we’re calling on Coles to take deforestation off the shelves by December 2025. Read more 👉 https://act.gp/40mNobX

Nature is doing its bit, it’s time we did ours. ⁠⁣🌱🙏 This month, as governments send delegations to the UN biodiversity #COP16 and then to the UN climate #COP29 next month in November, there are not enough examples of governments addressing these crises together in their action plans for the two conventions. The science is very clear: ✅ Biodiversity loss is happening as a result of human activity and climate change. ✅ When ecosystems are destroyed, the carbon that is stored within them is released into the atmosphere and as climate change worsens, we lose more biodiversity to heat, drought, and fire. ✅ In just over 50 years, Earth’s wildlife populations have declined on average by 73%. ✅ The climate and biodiversity crises cannot be tackled separately. The UN COP16 will be a make or break moment for nature protection. …And the time to act is NOW. 🌳❤️🩹 https://lnkd.in/gmm3PzTz

✨ Global Moments of the Month ✨⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ This past month we've witnessed powerful environmental activism across the globe. ⁣ ⁣ From Australia to the Sveabreen glacier in Svalbard, to Hong Kong and the UN Biodiversity #COP16, people have come together to advocate for a sustainable future. 🌱🌏⁣ ⁣⁣ 👉 Swipe to see some of Greenpeace's top moments in October.

Coles Group is now the ONLY major supermarket left in Australia without a deforestation-free policy. …Meaning it’s lagging behind both ALDI Stores Australia and Woolworths Supermarkets on its deforestation-free commitments, and failing our native forests and wildlife. 🐨💔 As one of the biggest buyers of beef in Australia, Coles could play a leading role in positively transforming the beef industry and protecting our forests and wildlife. But until their CEO, Leah Weckert, and the Board commit to going deforestation-free, Coles will continue to be an industry laggard. 👉 https://act.gp/4heVxW4

Governments around the world will meet in Colombia from 21 October to 1 November, for the first time since agreeing on a landmark agreement at COP15. The UN biodiversity #COP16 now represents make-or-break moment for nature protection! Read more: https://lnkd.in/djXe4XJE

Happy #WorldWombatDay! 🐻💚 Did you know these cute little Aussies are most closely related to the koala? Not only are the two marsupials, but both share backward-facing pouches which helps protect them from dirt while digging and playing an important role in our ecosystem. Here are some other facts about wombats: ✅ There are three different subspecies of wombat (the common, the Southern hairy-nosed and the Northern hairy-nosed) ✅ The Northern-hairy nosed wombat is critically endangered (and Queensland's most endangered mammal) ✅ An estimated 50 million native animals are killed every year in Queensland and NSW alone as a result of deforestation. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gHxAz8TA #australia #wildlife #wombat

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