
Brendan Wintle
@brenwintle
Professor Biodiversity Conservation, University of Melbourne, Director Melbourne Biodiversity Institute - math modelling, soccer, forests, greater gliders.
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14-10-2016 22:31:09
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Congratulations Climate Council for an incredible, brave, impactful decade of truth-telling and change. Inspiring.


We've committed to protect 30% of Australia's land by 2030. To reach our ambitious goal of boosting protection to 30% by 2030, we’ll have to sharpen our focus and boost funding. Here's how we could actually do it. theconversation.com/weve-committed… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Allowing duck hunting to continue in Victoria is shameful and part of a disturbing trend by. Great analysis by @JackHPascoe Biodiversity Council of why we must demand better care of nature by Victorian Government theconversation.com/allowing-duck-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand


So fabulous to have several of our Biodiversity Councillors talking about nature at WOMAD! If you were lucky enough to see Sarah Bekessy, Martine Maron or Brendan Wintle tell us your highlight 😀 💡



If we want to finally be the good guys on #climate, we need to stop trashing nature and #biodiversity - Leading by example - Australian Geographic australiangeographic.com.au/topics/opinion… Biodiversity Council Hugh Possingham 💧simon holmes à court 🦋 Sarah Bekessy

James Trezise Biodiversity Council describes “Nature positive’ at Kylea Tink forum on the Future of Our Environment pleading for national leadership on environmental law reforms



Fire breaks can be important, but we do not need to clear habitat for endangered species in the process. These are some of the last old growth trees left after logging and fires - we need to protect them Biodiversity Council


The federal budget has shown that the government's "#naturepositive" commitment is largely #greenwash We explain why, and what needs to be done instead, in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand 🧵👇 Brendan Wintle Hugh Possingham Biodiversity Council theconversation.com/threatened-spe…

A bit excited that our 'Blueprint for a Nature Positive Adelaide' is now out for comment - yoursay.sa.gov.au/93122/widgets/… ICON Science RMIT Holly Kirk (@hollykirk .bluesky.social) @GeorgiaGarrard Katherine Berthon Thami Croeser @RMIT_CUR Biodiversity Council @GreenAdelaide



NSW biodiversity conservation laws are getting an overhaul. New commitments by Penny Sharpe Chris Minns address many major issues enabling ongoing nature loss in NSW, such as the biodiversity offsets scheme - but there are still significant gaps, such as inadequate action


Australia’s nature is in deep crisis. These 3 easy changes would give our new ‘Nature Positive’ environment laws teeth Peter Burnett Martine Maron Brendan Wintle Jaana Dielenberg via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/australias-nat…

Most Aussies believe once an animal is listed as threatened with extinction everything possible will be done to protect it. Thats simply not the case and the nation has scored an F in 3 key categories on the WWF_Australia scorecard. au.news.yahoo.com/little-known-d…


Businesses need to jump into nature reporting - yes, it's complex, but there are simple approaches and datasets available so there's no excuse (& the planet can't wait) Biodiversity Council ICON Science RMIT @RMIT_CUR Brendan Wintle Simon O'Connor theconversation.com/yes-nature-is-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand