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Hi Tom
Every three years, the NSW Environment Protection Authority releases a report card on the health of our wildlife, forests, rivers, ocean, air and climate. Late yesterday, it released the latest State of the Environment Report, and the results are damning.
In just three years, the number of critically endangered species has jumped 30%, approved land clearing has skyrocketed 244%, and 1025 native species are now threatened with extinction.
We know what the NSW Government needs to do to turn things around - it must end deforestation, protect koala habitat, return water to our rivers and tackle climate change - but they won’t act if we don’t push them.
As I write this email, MPs are setting priorities for this term, so it is the perfect time to tell them to take urgent action to save koalas, forests and our climate.
Please email your state MP and ask them to commit to protect our koalas, forests, rivers and climate this term of government.
With a new parliament and a new team of MPs sitting on the benches, we have a fresh chance to push our leaders to act before it’s too late.
Alarm bells have been ringing loud and clear this week, here and around the world. A few days before the EPA released its report, United Nations scientists warned one million species would become extinct if we keep trashing the planet the way we have been, with catastrophic consequences for people everywhere.
Thanks to these two reports and recent opinion polling in the run up to the state and federal elections, MPs know the environment is a top priority for the community.
On Tuesday, when Matt Kean was asked his first question in parliament as our new Environment Minister, he said the UN report was an “important wake up call for all of us“. Importantly, he said it was not too late to make a difference and “that’s exactly what I intend to do“.
Please take a moment to email your local MP now to ask them to commit to protecting our koalas, forests, rivers and climate.
People power is already helping turn the tide. Australia’s nature laws have been letting us down, allowing habitat destruction and mining interests to trump community interests and our unique wildlife. But thanks to people like you speaking up, the federal Labor Party has promised to overhaul Australia’s nature laws if elected on May 18. This is a step in the right direction and could provide significantly more protection for our wildlife and wild places.
Let’s show our MPs that the people expect urgent action to save our wildlife and natural places. Email your MP today.
Thank you for being a voice for nature,
Kate
CEO
Nature Conservation Council of NSW
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