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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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MuzWot

**HERE'S A REAL MEGA POPULAR MUZWOT ETHOS POST ...

"Going anywhere nice this summer?"

It just isn't right at all any longer, it isn't fair and it is grossly selfish and totally irresponsible, irrespective of the ton of glossy ads that try to normalize it still.

Jetting off around the globe for holidays in the age of #ExtinctionCrisis and #climatecatastrophe has LONG Had Its Day and it is something now disgusting, deeply vulgar and shameful
- it is no longer glamorous WHATSOEVER.
#heathrow

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NSW.Biodiversity

Provide habitat and fund wildlife hospitals!

"The WA Wildlife Hospital has seen a 17 per cent year-on-year increase in patient admissions over the past 15 years."
Reasons?
"These include increasing urban sprawl, with suburbs encroaching on natural habitats as the population grows, and attacks from introduced predators such as wandering cats, foxes and dogs."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/wa-
#Biodiversity #wildlife #birds #carers #sprawl #FishingHooks #roads #drivers #IntroducedSpecies #pets #dogs #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety

ABC News · Record admissions to WA Wildlife Hospital trigger fears it may have to send animals elsewhereBy ABC News
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NSW.Biodiversity

“You can stand on coast right now anywhere in Chennai and every few strides, you can see bulge-eyed turtles till the horizon.Over 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles wash ashore in southern India."
news.mongabay.com/short-articl
#marine #turtles #biodiversity #FishingIndustry #fishing #ExtinctionCrisis

Mongabay Environmental News · Over 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles wash ashore in southern IndiaMore than 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles have washed ashore on the beaches of Tamil Nadu state in southern India this month. Most were found near the state capital, Chennai. “I never heard [of] such large numbers of turtles stranded at any beaches of Tamil Nadu at least in the last three decades,” K. Sivakumar, […]
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BellingenNSW

Making gardens for birds and biodiversity,
reducing threats and improving habitat.

1. Secure pets
2. Avoid using insecticides and outside lights
3. Stop poisoning raptors
4. Prevent window strikes
5. Create an inclusive garden
6. Encourage insects
7. Water the birds too

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theconversation.com/from-secur
#gardens #backyards #Biodiversity #ecosystem #wildlife #birds #insects #pets #cats #dogs #lawns #insecticides #poison #ExtremeHeat #water #ExtinctionCrisis #fauna #flora

Just an average NSW coastal 'garden' in suburbia
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BellingenNSW

HOME UNSETTLED

Settlers are detached from the land and mostly mistake "Little boxes made of ticky tacky" as 'home.' But now
"Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose it."

Val Plumwood ... "argues that, under capitalism, the idea of personal belonging to a particular place or dwelling is often framed as being more important than many other vital attachments to place, such as connection to land. She uses the term “shadow places” to describe the ecosystems we exclude and exploit – including our forests and waterways – even though they are fundamental to our existence. These places provide essential labour, nourishment and the conditions we need to survive and flourish. For Plumwood, an expanded sense of “home” would encompass the broader ecological context we exist within."

" Indigenous Australian law scholar Irene Watson explains colonisers were already alienated from a sense of connection to land when they came to “Australia”. This disconnection led them to plunder the land, treating it as a commodity rather than a living, complex ecosystem that nurtures and is nurtured by First Nations peoples."
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theconversation.com/climate-ch

Malvina Reynolds - Little boxes on the hillside, Full Version with Lyrics >>
youtube.com/watch?v=VUoXtddNPAM
#Country #IndigenousPeoples #care #displacement #land #privatisation #commodification #LandSpeculation #landlordism #rentierisation #SettlerSociety #suburbia #housing #sprawl #homeplace #ClimateBreakdown #values #australia #NativeForests #plunder #ecosystems #biodiversity #ExtinctionCrisis #FossilFuels #extractivism #loss #home

The ConversationClimate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose itPhilosophers explain how our mainstream understanding of ‘home’ is a culturally specific one, and how it could be broadened.
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BellingenNSW

The roaming cats of Bellingen are one of the biggest threats to wildlife

"The average pet cat kills 110 native animals each year, roughly 320 million across Australia, and that doesn’t even include frogs or insects. The species is directly responsible for the third highest number of extinctions in Australia, after humans and chytrid fungus."

Victoria has " effective legislation that’s empowering local government to take action on the issue of roaming pet cats."
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au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-ma

Local councils are tightening cat ownership laws to help protect wildlife and keep your pet safe
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/new

Another roaming 'missing' Bellingen cat
#cats#pets#ownership
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