Threatened species have declined 2% a year since 2000. Nature positive? Far from it.
By Megan C Evans, Senior Lecturer, Public Sector Management, School of Business, UNSW Sydney
Brendan Wintle, Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
Hugh Possingham, Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
Our government has great aspirations. It has committed to end extinctions and expand our protected areas to cover 30% of every Australian ecosystem by 2030. This is part of its Nature Positive Plan, aligned with the 2022 Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity…
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Friday, May 17, 2024