Light pollution will be ‘switched off’ across Australia thanks to a $500,000 investment from the Albanese Labor Government to reduce light pollution near threatened species’ coastal habitat.
The Australian Government has nominated Murujuga Cultural Landscape for inscription on the World Heritage List. The formal nomination was submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in late January 2023.
Australia is continuing to work closely with its Indo-Pacific neighbours to restore and protect blue carbon ecosystems, including mangroves, seagrasses and tidal marshes.
The Federal and Queensland Labor governments are reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions while creating jobs and supporting agriculture in Queensland.
Seventeen projects to support the Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands marine parks have been supported by a $3 million investment from the Albanese Labor Government.
A new ministerial advisory group has been appointed and will meet for the first time in February to discuss Australia’s transition to a circular economy by 2030.
Uncrewed marine vessels known as “Bluebottles” have taken to the waters of Two Rocks and Jurien Marine Parks to stop illegal finishing in Australian Marine Parks.
Christmas Island National Park saved an estimated 10,800 giant geckos, 4,200 threatened birds and over 380 critically endangered flying foxes in 2022 through the removal of feral cats.
The Australian Antarctic Program is looking for opportunities to use robotic technology to advance research into climate and ecosystem changes on the coldest, iciest and driest continent on Earth.
A long-running conservation program to ensure the survival of the endangered mala (rufous hare-wallaby) at Uluṟu-Kata Tjuta National Park has proven successful.
